Ciao! I'm Laura.
  • Journal
  • About
  • Writing
  • Contact
  • Home
  • Journal
  • Books
  • Podcast
  • About
    • Writing
  • Contact

Ciao Amalfi

Amalfi, Holidays, Tempting Tuesday · December 15, 2009

Tempting Tuesday: Christmas Arrives in Amalfi

 

Ciao Amalfi Coast Blog Christmas Amalfi 1

 

The Christmas lights and decorations are up and Amalfi is covered with these beautiful signs of the city at night with fireworks above. I’m already looking forward to New Year’s Eve in Amalfi! But let’s not get too far ahead of ourselves. There is plenty to happen between now and then! 

 

Ciao Amalfi Coast Blog Christmas Amalfi 4

 

Christmas has certainly arrived in Amalfi! I like the stars leading up the staircase next to the Duomo. I will have to snap a photo at night the next time I can. In the meantime, here you can see the stars and the beautiful campanile, bell tower, of the Duomo:

 

Ciao Amalfi Coast Blog Christmas Amalfi 5

 

The Christmas tree has arrived (as well as the scuolabus and matching car) in the main piazza of Amalfi. It will have lights, but they usually don’t decorate it all that much. I guess they’re going for the au naturel look.

 

Ciao Amalfi Coast Blog Christmas Amalfi 6

 

This is one of the many presepi, or nativities, that you will find in Amalfi during the Christmas season. It’s located all the way at the top of the city and is built into the rocky side of a building. It remains there throughout the year, so anytime you visit you can see it. I love all the little houses built into the rocks just like they are here on the Amalfi Coast!

 

Ciao Amalfi Coast Blog Christmas Amalfi 3

 

During Christmas the nativity figures are added. Here you see the grotto with Mary and Joseph and the empty manger waiting for when the Christ child will be placed inside on Christmas Eve.

 

Ciao Amalfi Coast Blog Christmas Amalfi 2

 

There are two beautiful fountain presepi in Amalfi, and I’ll be sharing those here over the next two Tuesdays in December.

Buon natale!

 

 

Related Posts

Tempting Tuesday: A Walk in Pogerola

 Tempting Tuesday: Autumn Drive to Monte Faito

 Tempting Tuesday: Autumn Drive to Tramonti

Tempting Tuesday: Church of Santo Stefano, Capri

Posted In: Amalfi, Holidays, Tempting Tuesday

You’ll Also Love

October Banner: Ciao Amalfi!
Ferragosto Procession in Amalfi
Tempting Tuesday: Church of Santo Stefano, Capri

Comments

  1. Wanderlust Woman says

    December 15, 2009 at 15:17

    As you know I love the Amalfi region at Christmas and for me, there is nothing more magical than those presepi lit each night along the Costiera Amalfitana. Even in the blackness of that cliffside drive there is magic as each turn holds a new candlelit display. It's breathtaking. TOURIST TIP: DOn't stop for pix at night and just live in the moment. Unless you know the drive well you could find yourself in the water. 🙂

    Reply
  2. Annika says

    December 15, 2009 at 20:27

    I remember that presepe, it was inhabited by lizards when we were there 🙂 Where do the lizards go during the winter?

    Reply
  3. Welshcakes Limoncello says

    December 16, 2009 at 00:50

    What a beautiful presepe. Buon Natale!

    Reply
  4. Laura says

    December 16, 2009 at 12:36

    Ciao Lisa! Oh I just love those Presepo along the Amalfi Coast Road, too! The one of Praiano is my favorite. It is so hard to get photos of for the reasons you mention. I'll stick to photographing the ones I can safely walk around in Amalfi! 🙂

    Ciao Annika! I bet it is a lizard wonderland in the summer. That's a good question! I bet they hide out in all those cracks and crevices where they jump out of in the spring and summer! 🙂

    Ciao Pat! It's a really big presepe, but they're doing some construction around it, so I couldn't get a good shot of the whole thing without fences and scaffolding. Buon natale anche a te! 🙂

    Reply
  5. Diana and "Guido" says

    December 16, 2009 at 15:54

    Hi Laura,

    Buon Natale to you! Sorry to sound like the gardening lunatic that I am, but what is the species of the Christmas tree? Where do they come from?

    Reply
  6. Laura says

    December 17, 2009 at 15:58

    Ciao Diana & Guido! Well, good question. I'm not sure on either question! 🙂 If I can track someone down who can tell me, I will be sure to let you know!

    Reply
  7. Una says

    December 20, 2009 at 16:51

    Hi Laura, How I'd love to be in Atrani for Christmas. I believe it is a very special time there. Not possible, Im afaid as we are saving for our summer holidays, when I hope to spend 6 wonderful weeks enjoying the sun and meeting up with all the wonderful local people we have befriended over the years.
    Happy Christmas and a peaceful and healthy New Year to you Laura, your family and everyone in Atrani.

    Reply
  8. Laura says

    January 4, 2010 at 13:39

    Ciao Una! I do hope you can enjoy the holidays in Atrani in the future. But right now you can start counting down to your fabulous holiday this summer! 6 weeks of summer sun in Atrani sounds wonderful! Very happy wishes to you for 2010!

    Reply

Leave a Reply Cancel reply

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *

Next Post >

Bring on the Christmas Lights!

Trending Now

  • ciao-amalfi-winter-things-to-do Visiting the Amalfi Coast in the Winter – 5 Things You Need to Know
  • Amalfi Coast Travel Positano Beach Spiagga Grande A Guide to the Beaches of Positano
  • Amalfi Coast Webcams New Live Streaming Webcams of Amalfi!
  • Amalfi Coast Beaches Colourful Sun Umbrellas at the Marina Grande Beach in Amalfi - Horizontal A Guide to the Beaches of Amalfi

Ciao!

My name is Laura and the Amalfi Coast is my passion and my home. I’m a writer and photographer who is endlessly inspired by the incredible beauty of the Amalfi Coast. Welcome to Ciao Amalfi!

Ciao Amalfi

  • Journal
  • Moon Amalfi Coast
  • Newsletter
  • Contact

Amalfi Coast

  • Amalfi
  • Positano
  • Ravello
  • Amalfi Coast

Explore

  • Travel
  • History & Culture
  • Food & Drink
  • Shopping

Laura Thayer

  • About
  • Writing
  • Book Reviews
  • Work with Me

Latest on Instagram

A spectacular view of a truly spectacular place as A spectacular view of a truly spectacular place as I flew out of Naples yesterday morning. A little bit delayed due to Winter Storm Olive in the midwest, but I was greeted in central Nebraska by blue skies and flocks of Sandhill cranes and snow geese. “Oh, to love what is lovely” as Mary Oliver wrote about that joyful experience of seeing snow geese golden in a sunny sky. ✨
It’s International Cat Day in Italy, but Puffy s It’s International Cat Day in Italy, but Puffy slept right through it. He’s been such a good cat since we lost Toulouse in September - we’re all still adjusting. This year Puffy will be 15! 🐈
This month’s Ciao Amalfi newsletter is out! A li This month’s Ciao Amalfi newsletter is out! A little bit of a love letter to Amalfi, an excellent book for walking by @robgmacfarlane, February on the Amalfi Coast, and one very dramatic historic photograph. Hope you enjoy the read! {link in bio}

#ciaoamalfi #Amalfi #amalficoast #visitamalfi #visitamalficoast
Woke up with the winter blues and this song I love Woke up with the winter blues and this song I love by Jack Teagarden in my head. 🎶
What 31 days of January morning walks looks like. What 31 days of January morning walks looks like. It’s been gorgeous and windy and stormy and wild - and everything in between. Should I pick a different spot to take a photo a day next month?
Non Amalfi Coast question. Do you wake up in the m Non Amalfi Coast question. Do you wake up in the morning with music or a song in your head? I do nearly every morning and it’s curious to me what shows up. Usually it’s something I’ve been listening to, but sometimes it’s really random, like someone’s left the music room door slightly ajar in the brain. This morning it was a jaunty version of “Loch Lomond” from the 1940s sung by Maxine Sullivan. (You’d think that would be from the random category but I actually listened to it yesterday.) So that’s what was swinging about in my head as I took a walk early this morning. 🎶
Happy Burns Night! I love a country that has a hol Happy Burns Night! I love a country that has a holiday for their national poet. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 Here’s one of my favorite poems he wrote.

Musing On The Roaring Ocean
by Robert Burns

Musing on the roaring ocean, 
Which divides my love and me; 
Wearying heav’n in warm devotion, 
For his weal where’er he be. 

Hope and Fear’s alternate billow 
Yielding late to Nature’s law, 
Whispering spirits round my pillow, 
Talk of him that’s far awa. 

Ye whom sorrow never wounded, 
Ye who never shed a tear, 
Care-untroubled, joy-surrounded, 
Gaudy day to you is dear. 

Gentle night, do thou befriend me, 
Downy sleep, the curtain draw; 
Spirits kind, again attend me, 
Talk of him that’s far awa!
  • Privacy Policy
  • Site Disclosure

Copyright © 2023 Ciao Amalfi · Theme by 17th Avenue