It's on every American porch this week. In an Italian home, it would stop the conversation.
Borrowed, late
Italians first met Halloween through Peanuts. It caught on as a real party only in the mid-1990s.
Ognissanti
All Saints' Day is a national holiday in Italy. The day after Halloween is the one that matters.
The chrysanthemum
Families bring it to the cemetery. It blooms in the cold and lasts, so it is never given as a gift.
Gifts from the dead
On November 2 Sicilian children wake to toys, marzipan fruit and sugar figures left overnight.
From Maria's edit
Skip the costume and the mums. Bring roses, wear a good black dress.