A walk through the stalls

 Such as Mario, who says : “I started with flea markets in the Seventies, I used to travel around Italy: Florence, Modena... during week-ends, while from Monday to Friday I used to work in restoration, which is my big passion, I do it since I am 16 years old. Then I discovered Piazza Mazzini market and I come here since many years”. Sales are not the same they used to be, especially for some valuable pieces: “The time is what it is, but we have to keep on trying: sometimes it works better, sometimes worse but we still have to be here”. I some shapes with wood from Alto Adige region, that we decorate with beads and ribbons”. Her husband makes some ceramic shapes, sometimes soaked with essence, which can be used to perfume your drawers, while their daughter Giorgia decorates some shapes made with a laser technique. “Our home is full of sparkling powder, even our cat’s fur is full of it – smiles Antonella – my husband has a real passion for this market and I enjoy working on these decorations when I get back from work. As long as we feel like doing it, you will find us here”. Together with the approximately 50 stands that from sunrise to sunset (and often even later, thanks to the lights) offer their specialties, some advice and many holidays wishes. It’s actually passion which makes many vendors come to Piazza Mazzini market, as Paolo and Antonella who take a week off from their usual job every year to come and sell their Christmas decorations, handmade throughout the year in their spare time. “We like mountains a lot, so I often recall images we see during our holidays – tells us Antonella – we have some carpenters we trust who make some shapes with wood from Alto Adige region, which then we decorate with beads and ribbons”. Her husband Paolo creates some ceramic shapes, sometimes soaked with essence, which can be used to perfume drawers, while their daughter Giorgia decorates some shapes made with a laser technique. “Our home is full of sparkling powder, even our cat’s fur is full of it – smiles Antonella – my husband has a real passion for this market and I also enjoy working on these decorations when I get home from work. As long as we feel like doing it, you will find us here”.

Among Piazza Mazzini “veteran”, there is Susanna who challenges the coldness and keeps firm at art crafts stall throughout the whole time: there are Christmas decorations, both for the tree and for the house, picture frames, lamps, small and big paintings representing Christmas or the sea, two big passions of Susanna’s, who splits her time between Christmas and summer markests on Santa Severa promenade.
There are Monica and Carmela who share a stall, their friendship started during a Christmas market and grows from year to year, without competition. Because Monica offers her little beads, as bracelets, earrings, charms and necklaces, while Carmela weaves branches, small fruits and berries to create stylish centerpieces to decorate the holidays table.
Together with the approximately 50 stands that from sunrise to sunset (and often even later, thanks to the lights) offer their specialties, some advice and many holidays wishes.