In the organizer's words:

Christmas... the festival of love, the festival of family - but that's where Roberto's dilemma begins: as a Sicilian Swabian and Swabian Sicilian, he wanders between worlds. In him, the all-absorbing panettone meets the Christmas goose drowning in gravy. In his extended family anyway.

His German mother-in-law gets a box of brandy beans, his Italian mother a new rolling pin. Papa Giuseppe puts his head down and Aunt Erika sings Ave Maria louder than Uncle Luigi. Roberto's godfather uncle. His uncle - the godfather. Life motto: Better a bullet in the tree than one in the leg.

And when he tells his nephew Roberto the Christmas story, a lack of detailed knowledge is often replaced by imagination: The animal stable becomes a racing stable and the Three Kings become the Three Wise Men: Ferrari, Maserati and Lamborghini.

It's not just the tree that burns, it's the pizza. But in the end, everyone hugs each other in reconciliation. After all, it's the season of love - and family.

A cheerful and contemplative Advent evening with your favorite Italian: Roberto Capitoni.

Buon Christmas & Merry Natale!