Ciao a tutti,Vi Auguro un Felicissimo Anno Nuovo! I wish you all a Very Happy New Year!
The Italian/American connections have been so wonderful this year and I look forward to sharing much more of them with you next year, in person and on the blog.
In the meantime, above is something I thought you would appreciate, it is an anonymous New Year's greeting I found on an Italian Forum. I found it very creative and I wanted to not only share it but translate it here for you. Leave it to the Italians to know how to put words together to not only look good, sound good but have such deep meaning.
Translation: To those who love to sleep but always wake up in good humor. To those who still greet with a kiss. To those who work hard but have more fun. To those who drive their cars quickly but don't honk at stoplights. To those who arrive late but don't look for an excuse. To those who shut off the television to have a chat. To those who are doubly happy when they have done half. To those who get up early to help a friend. To those who have the enthusiasm of a boy or girl but the thoughts of a man or a woman. To those who see black only when it is dark. To those who don't wait for Christmas to be better.
From me to all those and to all of you just the same, again, Buon Anno Nuovo!
Filippo
P.S. The Italian/American connections continue. I got this video off of an Italian blogger's website, Mello, www.generazioneblog.it. The site deals with his views of Italy and World happenings. The video however is his 2007 New Year Greeting to his readers and followers. I thought it was interesting that here was an Italian wishing his Italian readers Happy New Year with an American song.
The song is most appropriate as a wish for all of us for the New Year, George Weiss and Bob Thiele's "What a Wonderful World." What the video is about however, is anyone's guess. I think he is just doing what makes any Italian happy, going to the ocean, even in winter. In this case it is il mare Leccese in San Cataldo. (In English)
1 comment:
Great filippo, great.
thank you very much.
and happy new year to all of yours readers
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