Festa della Vigilia di Natale
We have produced a separate website just for the Christmas Eve Feast. It is packed with pictures from the past feasts, video of TV news coverage, and pics of what we have done with surplus funds. It can all be found at: www.ChristmasEveFeast.ca
2011 - Our Sixth Annual!
On Saturday, December 24th, 2011,
Sons of Italy, in conjunction with our sponsors
X-Cues Billiards and Café,
Sorrento’s on Ellice and the
West End BIZ hosted the sixth annual Christmas Eve Feast for approximately 300 local residents. The dinner featured both traditional and Italian favorites and was served at X- Cues, 551 Sargent Avenue. There were three sittings, starting at 11:30 a.m. Santa was there to add to the festivities.
The dinner is a small way to help those in the community who may find this time of year difficult by providing a hot meal, entertainment and company to share it with. Some experienced their first Christmas in Canada and for others it provided their only holiday meal. Along with the plentiful feast provided, everyone left with a gift bag full of treats.
This heartwarming event beautifully demonstrates the spirit of Christmas in the vibrant West End of Winnipeg. Sal Infantino, owner of X-Cues says: “Seeing the appreciation and joy on everyone’s face is the best gift. I can’t imagine doing anything else on Christmas Eve”.
Event co-chairs Reno Augellone and John Giavedoni from Sons of Italy agree, saying “Christmas is a special time of giving for Italians and we appreciate being able to help the multicultural people in this community.”
The media again covered the event with an interview on CBC radio and evening news coverage on both Global TV and CTV TV. Check out the Global TV coverage below:
The generosity of our supporters has been wonderful, see this chart (click to enlarge) for the list of those who have made a product or
financial donation:
See the
photo gallery for more images from this year's feast.
The Sons of Italy, X-Cues, Sorrento’s on Ellice and the West End BIZ are again amazed at the outpouring of generosity by many local businesses that have stepped forward to make this Christmas Eve Feast an annual tradition.
Click here to view the Son's of Italy Christmas Eve Feast Website.
