Italians call New Year's Eve Capodanno (the "head of the year") or Notte di San Silvestro (the night of St. Silvestro). Traditionally there are a set of rituals for the new year, such as wearing red underwear and getting rid of old or unused items by dropping them from the window, but this is and old tradition, followed by quite nobody today.
Dinner is traditionally eaten with parents and friends. It often includes zampone or cotechino (a kind of spiced Italian sausage) and lentils. At half past eight pm, The President of the Republic reads a television message of greetings to Italians. At midnight, fireworks are displayed across Italy.
The Rome New Years Eve festivities, just like those in Venice, Naples, Bologna, and other cities throughout Italy center around people celebrating together. This is a very important component of Italian culture in general. Families and friends for the most part are very close to one another so it comes as no surprise that the New Year in Milan should be celebrated with those closest to you. In many of the small towns where there is no central public fireworks display or celebration, people will simply build a bonfire and the dancing and drinking can tend to last into the early morning hours. A big tradition in Italy is to drink prosecco or spumante on New Years. Just as much as champagne is a tradition in the United States, the Italian versions of sparkling white wines are in nearly everyone’s hands on this celebrated holiday.
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