[It's insanely hard to be sneaky in a house of many people, but Trish manages to slip a whole batch of gifts under the tree just prior to the eve of Nattensfest. They are wrapped in frankly awful looking wrapping paper, and vary in size depending on contents, but they all contain a box tied shut with red string that also fixes a card in place. The card itself has two sides, one adorned with a design of various cats, and the other side normally blank but now adorned with neat, tightly written cursive from La Befana, which to the Italians of the peninsula is a familiar holiday figure.
Each card has a unique message. For Bruno, it reads:
Bucciarati.
Grazie di tutto. (Thanks for everything.)
Buon Natale e felice anno nuovo.
Inside, it's sort of sparse. She knows nothing about Bruno, and there's nothing she can give the man who saved her life twice over and have it be enough, frankly. Regardless, there's a bottle of the limoncello they all helped her craft, along with a rather fancy watch. Since Bruno came with nothing, there's surely some things he misses having. Something practical and unobtrusive seemed best. Here's to the world's kindest capo.]
una lettera di nattensfest per te
Each card has a unique message. For Bruno, it reads:
Bucciarati.
Grazie di tutto. (Thanks for everything.)
Buon Natale e felice anno nuovo.
Inside, it's sort of sparse. She knows nothing about Bruno, and there's nothing she can give the man who saved her life twice over and have it be enough, frankly. Regardless, there's a bottle of the limoncello they all helped her craft, along with a rather fancy watch. Since Bruno came with nothing, there's surely some things he misses having. Something practical and unobtrusive seemed best. Here's to the world's kindest capo.]