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TRAVEL · December 30, 2012

Christmas Eve Fireworks in Amalfi

If you’ve spent time exploring the little side streets and alleys in Amalfi, you’ll have quickly learned that there are a lot of stairs to get pretty much anywhere. A lot. Late on Christmas Eve we worked off the big dinner by climbing about 200 steps to meet some good friends for a drink while waiting for midnight. What were we waiting for? No, not the new year!

After the late mass, the beautiful bronze doors of Amalfi’s Duomo are opened and a procession leads out to the top of the staircase. At midnight many churches and families across Italy celebrate the birth of Jesus by placing the bambino in the nativity scene. In Amalfi, a symbolic star is lit with sparkling fireworks at midnight and a fireworks display is set off over the Piazza Duomo in the center of Amalfi. This is the moment Christmas truly begins!

The Christmas Eve fireworks are just a tiny sample compared to what the city does for New Year’s Eve. All the stops are pulled for the most impressive fireworks display of the year on the Amalfi Coast. Wishing you all a very happy New Year’s Eve and peaceful 2013!

Posted In: TRAVEL · Tagged: Amalfi, Amalfi Coast Holidays, Amalfi Coast Videos, Christmas, Holidays, Italian Holidays, winter

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  1. Sandra says

    December 30, 2012 at 22:40

    WOW!!! Che Bella Amalfi! Love the fireworks and seeing the Duomo lit up with them…and hearing the bells ringing. Thanks for sharing this neat experience.

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    • Laura says

      January 2, 2013 at 08:53

      So happy you enjoyed the video, Mom! There was even a Christmas band playing in the piazza, but there was so much noise it was hard to hear. Crazy fun! 🙂

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