Red Underwear
Thursday December 30, 2004
Want to celebrate New Year's Eve the Italian way? Prepare cotechino (pork sausage) and lenticchie (lentils - which symbolize money), a dish that stands for prosperity on La Festa di San Silvestro (New Year's Eve). And don't forget to wear red underwear, which is purported to bring the wearer good luck for the new year.
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ok, I am Italian-American, my Grandparents came here from Southern Italy…we eat the Lentils, the sausage, but I have never heard about the red underwear! Can you give us a little more on that? Buon Anno….
Lisa
In Rome, it is a trafition to buy a new red undergarments to wear on New Yera’s Eve. The next day you throw them out. This is suppose to bring you good luck for the new yera. If you go to Rome around Christmas time, all the store windows are displaying red undergarments.