Venetians lament that this holiday season doesn’t seem festive. The tree in San Marco is aglow in the twilight of the short days of the season. And the lights hang above Lista di Spagna, some parts of Strada Nuova and…
Christmas in Venice revealed the Grinch of Christmas to be the city government of Venice which had threatened everyone that there would be no holiday lighting. There simply was not money in the city coffers for this “luxury”. The merchants…