December 17, 2011
Bright red, a rosso the color of Rudolph’s nose, is the leitmotif of the season here in Southeast Sicily.

Ms. Santa was handing out "gifts" of scrolled paper that read "Merry Christmas. Monti's government is gifting you a cut in your pension." (A better kind of protest than throwing molotov cocktails, as in Greece, don't you think?)
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