Pets
This Brooklyn resident is missing teeth...and is Grandpapa's favorite.
Who is Peugeot?
These thin, flat, patterned cookies are made using a hot iron.
What are pizzelles?
Blue jeans come in all different types of washes and styles. "Distressed" jeans have come in and out of fashion over the years. Nonna did not like distressed jeans because of their key element:
What are holes/rips/tears?
This song is Zia Annette's favorite to dance and clean up to.
What is Christmas Wrapping?
Nonna used this kitchen instrument to chase Zia Annette.
What is a wooden spoon?
This Reading based dog is named for an Italian dessert.
Who is Geli (Gelato)?
Which one of the Elia sisters did NOT regularly partake in pitta'nchiusa baking?
Who is Aunt Pina?
Complete the sentence:
"Boys like girls who make the (blank)."
What is bed?
Two years ago, this Cousins Day event took place at Sky Zone, where we bounced all day long on this gymnastics friendly surface.
What are trampolines?
This sport was invented by Grandpapa and Zio Michael, and involved flying down the stairs on a cushion at Nonna's house.
What is indoor sledding?
What are diapers?
A type of fish eaten on Christmas Eve, it's a dried, salted cod that has to be soaked for hours before preparing.
What is baccala?
After Donald Trump was elected, Nonna said this: "I don't know...maybe somebody ___ him."
It's a form of bocce played outdoors in the park, where the little yellow ball is thrown as far and into as dangerous of terrain as possible.
What is extreme bocce?
Cookies for breakfast (a Nonna tradition) and candy like peanut butter cups can only be consumed in this state.
New Jersey
One of the Reading dogs, she was well-liked by Nonna because of her small stature and her preference for lap sitting.
Who is Lindy?
This broth-based pasta dish is made with orzo or a small pasta and sometimes parmesan cheese, often when you're not feeling well.
What is pastina?
Nonna would induce guilt if you didn't eat enough by asking these questions.
"Why you no eat? You no like my food? What's a matter for you?"
This cousin took her fellow passengers for a joyride around the circle after go-karting on Cousins Day a few years ago.
Who is Marcella?
Who is Strega Nona?
The newest member of the brood, he is named for the Buffalo Bills quarterback. Hint: he was adopted by Shannon.
Who is Allen?
This was the type of nut would Nonno often prepare at Christmas, cut in half and filled with honey, spiced, and other nuts.
What are chestnuts?
Alex's birthday cake was often misspelled as this when ordered by Nonna.
What is "Alice?"
This trilogy was frequently put on for Nonno to watch (or, realistically, to fall asleep to)
This is Alex's favorite Christmas side. Varieties include mashed, roasted, and fried.
What are potatoes?