Piazza Mazzini Christmas market

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icona vintageicona nataleThe first and third Sunday of each month, all those passionate of antiques, furniture and vintage objects meet in Prati. During the Advent, Piazza Mazzini market turns into a Christmas one, with a wide offering: in addition to Christmas decorations, there are a lot of gift ideas (from scarf to herbs products, from delicatessen to wood handcrafts), while some of the usual “Sunday” vendors resists in a Christmas version as well.

 

A walk through the stalls

 Such as Mario, who says : “I started with flea markets in the Seventies, I used to travel around Italy: Florence, Modena... during week-ends, while from Monday to Friday I used to work in restoration, which is my big passion, I do it since I am 16 years old. Then I discovered Piazza Mazzini market and I come here since many years”. Sales are not the same they used to be, especially for some valuable pieces: “The time is what it is, but we have to keep on trying: sometimes it works better, sometimes worse but we still have to be here”. I some shapes with wood from Alto Adige region, that we decorate with beads and ribbons”. Her husband makes some ceramic shapes, sometimes soaked with essence, which can be used to perfume your drawers, while their daughter Giorgia decorates some shapes made with a laser technique. “Our home is full of sparkling powder, even our cat’s fur is full of it – smiles Antonella – my husband has a real passion for this market and I enjoy working on these decorations when I get back from work. As long as we feel like doing it, you will find us here”. Together with the approximately 50 stands that from 5sunrise to sunset (and often even later, thanks to the lights) offer their specialties, some advice and many holidays wishes. It’s actually passion which makes many vendors come to Piazza Mazzini market, as Paolo and Antonella who take a week off from their usual job every year to come and sell their Christmas decorations, handmade throughout the year in their spare time. “We like mountains a lot, so I often recall images we see during our holidays – tells us Antonella – we have some carpenters we trust who make some shapes with wood from Alto Adige region, which then we decorate with beads and ribbons”. Her husband Paolo creates some ceramic shapes, sometimes soaked with essence, which can be used to perfume drawers, while their daughter Giorgia decorates some shapes made with a laser technique. “Our home is full of sparkling powder, even our cat’s fur is full of it – smiles Antonella – my husband has a real passion for this market and I also enjoy working on these decorations when I get home from work. As long as we feel like doing it, you will find us here”.

10Among Piazza Mazzini “veteran”, there is Susanna who challenges the coldness and keeps firm at art crafts stall throughout the whole time: there are Christmas decorations, both for the tree and for the house, picture frames, lamps, small and big paintings representing Christmas or the sea, two big passions of Susanna’s, who splits her time between Christmas and summer markests on Santa Severa promenade.
There are Monica and Carmela who share a stall, their friendship started during a Christmas market and grows from year to year, without competition. Because Monica offers her little beads, as bracelets, earrings, charms and necklaces, while Carmela weaves branches, small fruits and berries to create stylish centerpieces to decorate the holidays table.
Together with the approximately 50 stands that from sunrise to sunset (and often even later, thanks to the lights) offer their specialties, some advice and many holidays wishes.

 

Alice's Wonderland

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“To be honest, I’ve never been at Piazza Mazzini Christmas market. That is a busy time… We have rehearsals for the school play, we need to wrap presents for our parents, decorate the Christmas tree. We really can’t miss a day, so any time Mummy went to Piazza Mazzini I wasn’t there. But then I had her tell me all about it and I even got a present. Two nice people I don’t even know sent me a little gift: a micro nativity scene carved into a piece of wood. So, I hanged it on my Christmas tree and every time I see it I think of those two nice people who sent me a present even if I don’t even know them… a little like Santa!”


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