Thank you so much for this TRUE story about ALL Italians! I cannot believe anyone disliked this! I am of the last generation you spoke about, but I still call myself an Italian! I still remember visiting the "old neighborhood" and going to Sunday dinner. This brought back so many memories I almost cried. Thank you!
Hi...I'm Italian and accidentally found this video...This was very moving! A lot of these traditions are still part of the Italian lifestyle! I'm very happy to hear that you're proud to be Italian despite all the stereotypes about us. However, all around the world values such as dignity and respect for the others should be the link for different cultures. Sorry for my bad English...! Greetings from Italy!!! =)
i cried at the end, because what he's alking about is happening to me and my family. i don't want to accept it but i have to. one thing i am happy about i can make papa's sauce, soppresatta, salami, and alfredo. He's gonna live on through me and his wooden spoon, oh madone that wooden spoon!
I don't think there's an Italian anywhere in North America who can't relate to this. You forgot about the men playing briscola and the women and kids playing tombola. Or being the only kid in elementary school to drink wine and espresso. My father used to pour me a glass of Pisa (don't know if that existed in the US, it was kind of like an italian 7Up) with a bit of wine. Or getting introduced to the wooden spoon or the shoe being thrown by mamma with deadly accuracy. Too bad we gotta grow old.
Wow. In reading some comments here I can't believe how so many people are hostile to him. I thought it was a nice video and a lot of thought and passion went into it. I too am Italian and I miss some of the old traditions myself. Remember people hate brings more hate. If you carry or have a cross in your home then, people should act like it. I can't believe some of the hateful comments. Just ignorant.
JUST AS THE NARRATOR SAID WE BECAME MAINSTREAM SO SO SAD, I PERSONALY LOST ALL MY FAMILY IN THE FIRST YEAR ALONE I WAS INVITED OVER MANY HOMES FOR HOLIDAY DINNERS, I HAVE DECLINED IN A NICE WAY. MOST OF MY FRIENDS DO THINGS THE ALL AMERICAN WAY, I TOLD MY FRIENDS WIFE LAST CHRISTMAS, I SAID BY ME STAYING HOME AND COOKING EVEN THOUGH IT IS FOR MYSELF IT IS ALL I HAVE LEFT TO HOLD ON TO. THAT COOKING THE WAY MY GRANDMOTHER TAUGHT ME, IN SOME WAY IT HOLDS DEAR TO ME MY VALUES AND CULTURE
GREAT VIDEO! GREAT STORY! GREAT NARRATION! This short movie was very moving and I can associate completely!
I'm very proud to be Italian, and even more proud to have been raised with our deep family values!!
I too miss those days, and the many people that are not here any longer. Memories are wonderful, but we must keep the spirit alive and create it all over again for our children!
Not Italian but I grew up in Boston with some Italian friends. I always envied their big happy families. It is sad that such a wonderful way of life has passed. Thanks for sharing.
@uswlet25 - You're obviously a complete and utter idiot, whose ancestry is probably made up of trailer dwelling trash. Brothers who married sisters, fathers who impregnated daughters & a family heritage so thoroughly inbred that it has caused a deep rooted ignorance that transcends generations.
You are a CRANK. A poison-tongued, lard encased asshole. Someone whose self esteem and praise mechanism was broken when your father didn't buy you the E-Z Bake oven for your tenth birthday!
@uswlet25 SCUM BAG EVEN THOUGH I DONT CARE FOR BLACKS IT'S WASPY SCUM LOW LIFE WHITE TRASH I CANT STAND. U WHITE POWER PUNKS ALWAYS END UP GETTI THE SHIT KNOCKED OUTTA U. WE STILL HAVE LCN AND LIVE BY A LOYAL CODE
I'm in my mid twenties and grew up with Grandparents 10 mins from me still living in that same home that my Great-grandparents bought sooo many years ago. It was EXACTLY as you said it. The garden, the boarders that they put up, the amount of hard work. But most of all, the beauty of the slightly dysfunctional family unit that expected so much from you because that's just the way it was! Well done!
my friend you made me cry and i'm not italian .but i do love all of you .GOD BLESS YOU for take the time for make this document it took me as far back on my family [brasilian] and it was good to watch.. thanks .happy new year enjoy your memories
Wonderful. We are from Buffalo, NY, the West Side, the Italian section. I was fortunate to have three grandmothers. One Great Grandmother and two other grandmothers. Lot's of home made wine, food, friends. We use to go the beaches in Canada with 20 families. We were poor, but I was never happier. Janice
This was also my life growing up in Buffalo, NY. My Father's side of the family immigrated from Italy in the early 1900's. My Father was first generation Italian-American. My Grandfather passed 2 months before I was born. My Father would tell stories about his Father working in the gardens, tending to the vegetables and flowers. My Father said that my Grandfather would pick a flower from the garden and tuck it behind his ear. He was known as "Il Fiore", "The Flower" in their neighborhood.
Wow--what a walk down memory lane. I lost my dad in July, and this was his life. I was fortunate to have experienced the tail end of it. I made Ossi da morti and Ammaretti a week ago--both from my nonna's recipes. We do try to keep SOME of it alive. And at every meal, we sing "Viva Noe" before having our first sip of wine. "E l'acqua fa a male--il vino ci fa a cantare!"
Pretty damn accurate. I spent my childhood in Brooklyn, NY, home of my parents. Unfortunately, my father decided to move to Jersey. Best times of my life was going back to Brooklyn to be with my cousins, aunts, and uncles. The area my family lived in was demolished. and made into a low cost housing development. The area was never the same. My relatives moved to Long Island, but it was never the same. Ahhh, Brooklyn, the best Italian bread in the country.
This is so true. You brought back all the great memories of growing up in that time in Queens, L.I. N.Y. I can smell the tomato plants in grandma's backyard, and the smell of the fresh bread right out of the oven with the oil and cheese on top. The meals that went on forever. Thanks for the memories.
This was great to see. It brought tears to my eyes. Those days, which were so special, are gone. I grew up in Brooklyn NY exactly like this video and I find it so interesting to read these posts and find that we, as Italians, just about all grew up the same way. I miss those days.
You had to experience being Italian in New Orleans in the 50's, especially in the French Market where my father had his business. New Orleans is now the chocolate city and will remain so. Great video it reminds me of my family to the tee. God bless for this video.
Isn't it amazing? We're in Southern Ontario, Canada, and it was no different here. I can completely relate, had to brush back a tear in fact. Thank you for the reminder of those wonderful days gone by.
As I watched I kept wondering how in the world did this guy steel my life story, has this happened to all of us, was this a plan to break up the whole neighborhood? We had some times then didn't we, I'll wipe my tears now and well I can thank God at least we had those times. Good luck to you all my friends and maybe we can tell our grandchildren how it used to be in our neighborhood in the north end of Kansas City.
Totally related to this video! When I lived in NY growing up, I was Italian...when my family moved to Southern California, suddenly I became a white kid, lol. I never knew! :)
How on earth is possible that people with Italian descent (even the great-great-great grandfather) considers themselves Italian and don't even speak a single word of it,lol.........:)
@Ohiogoodfella Even though this was about ten years before my time looking at these photos are like looking at my family photos.Sadly those days are long gone.
My grandfather immagrated to america from italy when he was a child, he failed kindergarden twice because he couldnt speak english. When he grew up he was drafted into the army. Served in WW2. Found my grandmother, had kids. Plenty of them at that,. 6. My grandma is not italian. So that makes my mom 50%. My grandpa died before i was born. Right before actually. So I was born 25% italian. I never had the taste of an italian life because the one and only person who could teach me died.
thank you for doing this and you did it well. My family lived outside of pittsburgh in a town called Aliquippa. your documantery nailed it and i am sharing it with every one...... You made my christmas, me and my entire family wish you and your entire family the BEST.......thanks for taking time to make this!!!!!!!!!!
I grew up off ninth street in South Philly, the heart of Italian-Americans in Philadelphia. I can relate to much of this video growing up in the late '60s through the mid '80s.
Grazie, Just as I remember growing up.......... We still do Christmas Eve big time just so our kids know how lucky they are to have Italian blood flowing in their veins here in America.
Tante grazie. I am a and generation. We are from the Emiglia Romagna area of Italy. I identify with SO much of this. I spent some of my life in Highwood, Illinois. In this town, 95% of the people were from within 50 miles of the same area in Italy (Modena). Nothing in the world can beat cannoli, tortellini, zuppa inglese, imported asiago, home made pasta....Ahhh, the memories...
I'm Dominican, but so fortunate to be adopted into a Connecticut Italian family. Brings back memories from my childhood. I miss my Nonnie and Poppy. Thanks for the upload :)
"No animosity involved in that distinction? No prejudice? No hard feelings? Just a friendly and a proud observation." Yeah, I'm Italian, and I'm going to have to bust you on that one. It wasn't just a means of distinguishing us from them. There was certainly, at the very least, a great deal of animosity. Having said that, I had a wonderful childhood growing up Italian in NY, and I wouldn't change anything.
So thoroughly enjoyed this....such wonderful memories of the beloved past resurfaced. Makes me miss my Nonna & Nonno & great zias & zios even more! Thank you for making this. Grazie!
I loved this. I'm not Italian, but I grew up in South Brooklyn, and most of my friends were at least half Italian, and even if only half, that was the dominant culture. I laughed out loud at the line about the grandparents wanting to go home, 'because no one was watching the house." Such a familiar line!
I can think of at least a dozen people who will love to see this--I know it will bring a few to tears. Thanks!
Your video triggered so many incredibly wonderful memories of my Grandparents and Parents. This was the experience of all Italian Immigrants to Canada. The sense of pride was and is second to none. Sunday afternoon dinners at my Grandparents house with what seemed to be an acreage of a farm in a regular backyard. Not a day goes by that I do not long for those times again. Very well done!!
Thank you for this beautiful video! It brought back so many memories of my family, growing up in an Italian household. It made me cry to remember those days. I wish I had them back. Life was so much better back then. Maybe it was all the love and the ties that bind. Thank you, I am grateful.
Ahh growing up with my mother and grandparents on Sunday mornings brings back a lot of memories. The smell and spell of grandma's meat balls frying in the pan, the La Spagnulo Olive oil tin on the counter and gravy simmering in that big 10 quart sauce pot. The aroma of garlic, fried meatballs and sauce. We'd watch grandma layer the lasagna with the ricotta cheese and I'd sneak a feshly cooked meatball not yet in the gravy. She would catch me in the act , put it in a bowl with a little sauce.
what a beautiful video this is! and it is alll so TRUE!! Italian american family values should be treasured forever! only another Italian American can trully relate to a beautiful video like this..and I do remember those great family moments!...its so true...Time has changed so many precious family values..I think that the old fashioned family values and lifestyles will be coming back soon...one can only hope anyway..God bless you and your family always..THANKYOU FOR THIS VIDEO!..:-)
Most of the monologue is directly plagiarised from the other Italian video: ""Italian contributions to America''. Anyway which was first to be screened? But it's a great video.
Never ceases to bring tears to my eyes. How rich the culture, how deep the the sense of family. Sometimes "progress" isn't progress at all. I miss the days depicted here.
Saluti a tutti che hanno questi ricordi, ci conosciamo bene!
I absolutely love this video. It is so true. I miss my old family. I am trying very hard to keep the traditions and teach my children and grandchildren what it STILL means to be Italian.
No one moved for 30+ years if ever. Summertimes on the front porch in the evenings shaded by huge elm trees. The smell of the bakeries, the italian markets, the lawn fetes at church, Saints' feast days, I remember it all. Our generation was blessed. Now I visit papa, gramma, mom & dad at the cemetery, God where did the time go. I have tears in my eyes, I miss them so much. Til we meet on the other side..........
This made me cry. It made me miss how my family used to be.. My great-grandmother just recently died, and it really made me realize how much our family has changed, especially on the holidays.. It's true that the food changes too..
This video described my family exactly how it was. I can relate to it like it was my family being they were documenting. How I miss coming in to my grandmother's house and all the aunts were making home made pasta from scratch at the kitchen table, then laying it out on a sheet in the bedroom. My grandfather was an ice & coal man. Well, you get the point. Thank you for this wonderful video!
wonderful. BUONO BUONO BUONO From Providence, RI Family from ITRI, (LT)
alessandropazzi16 4 days ago
The man at 2:06 looks so much like my father that it's scary.
DeArmadas 4 days ago
I just loved the video it brought back so many memories when everything was about family and friends I am proud to be a Italian Americian
thisiskristen05 6 days ago
Thank you so much for this TRUE story about ALL Italians! I cannot believe anyone disliked this! I am of the last generation you spoke about, but I still call myself an Italian! I still remember visiting the "old neighborhood" and going to Sunday dinner. This brought back so many memories I almost cried. Thank you!
talis84 1 week ago
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OH MY THIS IS SO GOOD AND BRINGS BACK SO MANY MEMORIES! THANKS...I NEEDED THE CRY!!!!
muffin1559 2 weeks ago
Hi...I'm Italian and accidentally found this video...This was very moving! A lot of these traditions are still part of the Italian lifestyle! I'm very happy to hear that you're proud to be Italian despite all the stereotypes about us. However, all around the world values such as dignity and respect for the others should be the link for different cultures. Sorry for my bad English...! Greetings from Italy!!! =)
The00Nika00 3 weeks ago
i cried at the end, because what he's alking about is happening to me and my family. i don't want to accept it but i have to. one thing i am happy about i can make papa's sauce, soppresatta, salami, and alfredo. He's gonna live on through me and his wooden spoon, oh madone that wooden spoon!
blckkidz 3 weeks ago
I don't think there's an Italian anywhere in North America who can't relate to this. You forgot about the men playing briscola and the women and kids playing tombola. Or being the only kid in elementary school to drink wine and espresso. My father used to pour me a glass of Pisa (don't know if that existed in the US, it was kind of like an italian 7Up) with a bit of wine. Or getting introduced to the wooden spoon or the shoe being thrown by mamma with deadly accuracy. Too bad we gotta grow old.
TheDocdreamer 3 weeks ago
Mama Mia!!!!!!
haveittodayray1 4 weeks ago
Wow. In reading some comments here I can't believe how so many people are hostile to him. I thought it was a nice video and a lot of thought and passion went into it. I too am Italian and I miss some of the old traditions myself. Remember people hate brings more hate. If you carry or have a cross in your home then, people should act like it. I can't believe some of the hateful comments. Just ignorant.
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sweetpea77333 1 month ago 5
JUST AS THE NARRATOR SAID WE BECAME MAINSTREAM SO SO SAD, I PERSONALY LOST ALL MY FAMILY IN THE FIRST YEAR ALONE I WAS INVITED OVER MANY HOMES FOR HOLIDAY DINNERS, I HAVE DECLINED IN A NICE WAY. MOST OF MY FRIENDS DO THINGS THE ALL AMERICAN WAY, I TOLD MY FRIENDS WIFE LAST CHRISTMAS, I SAID BY ME STAYING HOME AND COOKING EVEN THOUGH IT IS FOR MYSELF IT IS ALL I HAVE LEFT TO HOLD ON TO. THAT COOKING THE WAY MY GRANDMOTHER TAUGHT ME, IN SOME WAY IT HOLDS DEAR TO ME MY VALUES AND CULTURE
BOSTONBUCK 1 month ago 4
@BOSTONBUCK awww thats sweet....i completely understand
84alease 2 days ago
GREAT VIDEO! GREAT STORY! GREAT NARRATION! This short movie was very moving and I can associate completely!
I'm very proud to be Italian, and even more proud to have been raised with our deep family values!!
I too miss those days, and the many people that are not here any longer. Memories are wonderful, but we must keep the spirit alive and create it all over again for our children!
BANNERPENUSA 1 month ago 2
Very nicely done.
tthoy1 1 month ago
Not Italian but I grew up in Boston with some Italian friends. I always envied their big happy families. It is sad that such a wonderful way of life has passed. Thanks for sharing.
Infomaine 1 month ago
This is pretty damned amazing, and reminded me how much I miss those glorious days.
CaptainFabulous84 1 month ago
Looks like a bunch of inside out niggers to me ...white power!!!
uswlet25 1 month ago
@uswlet25 - You're obviously a complete and utter idiot, whose ancestry is probably made up of trailer dwelling trash. Brothers who married sisters, fathers who impregnated daughters & a family heritage so thoroughly inbred that it has caused a deep rooted ignorance that transcends generations.
You are a CRANK. A poison-tongued, lard encased asshole. Someone whose self esteem and praise mechanism was broken when your father didn't buy you the E-Z Bake oven for your tenth birthday!
ckconboy 1 month ago
@uswlet25 SCUM BAG EVEN THOUGH I DONT CARE FOR BLACKS IT'S WASPY SCUM LOW LIFE WHITE TRASH I CANT STAND. U WHITE POWER PUNKS ALWAYS END UP GETTI THE SHIT KNOCKED OUTTA U. WE STILL HAVE LCN AND LIVE BY A LOYAL CODE
BOSTONBUCK 1 month ago
I'm in my mid twenties and grew up with Grandparents 10 mins from me still living in that same home that my Great-grandparents bought sooo many years ago. It was EXACTLY as you said it. The garden, the boarders that they put up, the amount of hard work. But most of all, the beauty of the slightly dysfunctional family unit that expected so much from you because that's just the way it was! Well done!
FidelisPatriot1 1 month ago
Doesn't quite sound right without a Brooklyn accent!
KathyRitondo 1 month ago
is funny how all this italians lost their heritage speaking english with their soons
sandrodream2 1 month ago
wow, this video made me cry!! it is only when u think about it that u realize what the most importatn things really are!
OsAsful 1 month ago
egyptians are better
myxisaslut 1 month ago
my friend you made me cry and i'm not italian .but i do love all of you .GOD BLESS YOU for take the time for make this document it took me as far back on my family [brasilian] and it was good to watch.. thanks .happy new year enjoy your memories
MrGil663 1 month ago
I only wish our children could have the experience! Janice Monaco
jam6255 1 month ago
Wonderful. We are from Buffalo, NY, the West Side, the Italian section. I was fortunate to have three grandmothers. One Great Grandmother and two other grandmothers. Lot's of home made wine, food, friends. We use to go the beaches in Canada with 20 families. We were poor, but I was never happier. Janice
jam6255 1 month ago
This was also my life growing up in Buffalo, NY. My Father's side of the family immigrated from Italy in the early 1900's. My Father was first generation Italian-American. My Grandfather passed 2 months before I was born. My Father would tell stories about his Father working in the gardens, tending to the vegetables and flowers. My Father said that my Grandfather would pick a flower from the garden and tuck it behind his ear. He was known as "Il Fiore", "The Flower" in their neighborhood.
surenko1 1 month ago
Wow--what a walk down memory lane. I lost my dad in July, and this was his life. I was fortunate to have experienced the tail end of it. I made Ossi da morti and Ammaretti a week ago--both from my nonna's recipes. We do try to keep SOME of it alive. And at every meal, we sing "Viva Noe" before having our first sip of wine. "E l'acqua fa a male--il vino ci fa a cantare!"
rlbmservs 2 months ago
I'm sitting here crying...and I'm not even Italian!
CobbBill 2 months ago
@CobbBill same here
nevadagoddess 1 month ago
Pretty damn accurate. I spent my childhood in Brooklyn, NY, home of my parents. Unfortunately, my father decided to move to Jersey. Best times of my life was going back to Brooklyn to be with my cousins, aunts, and uncles. The area my family lived in was demolished. and made into a low cost housing development. The area was never the same. My relatives moved to Long Island, but it was never the same. Ahhh, Brooklyn, the best Italian bread in the country.
johnsnare 2 months ago
Beautiful tribute to your family. :))
BoudiccaBlanc 2 months ago
This is so true. You brought back all the great memories of growing up in that time in Queens, L.I. N.Y. I can smell the tomato plants in grandma's backyard, and the smell of the fresh bread right out of the oven with the oil and cheese on top. The meals that went on forever. Thanks for the memories.
hoghappyforever 2 months ago
This was great to see. It brought tears to my eyes. Those days, which were so special, are gone. I grew up in Brooklyn NY exactly like this video and I find it so interesting to read these posts and find that we, as Italians, just about all grew up the same way. I miss those days.
GREYHNDLOVER 2 months ago
YOU GOTTA HAVE THE PIZZELE!!
tonyculo 2 months ago
OMG aint that the truth about Sundays, we had a bakery next door to church lol.
ROTTYLUV4ME 2 months ago
You had to experience being Italian in New Orleans in the 50's, especially in the French Market where my father had his business. New Orleans is now the chocolate city and will remain so. Great video it reminds me of my family to the tee. God bless for this video.
ipsonutso123 2 months ago
Beautiful...
gdubrow13 2 months ago
Isn't it amazing? We're in Southern Ontario, Canada, and it was no different here. I can completely relate, had to brush back a tear in fact. Thank you for the reminder of those wonderful days gone by.
fallsavenue 2 months ago
Great story. Really hits home. Hope it's your true story.
texashoncho 2 months ago
As I watched I kept wondering how in the world did this guy steel my life story, has this happened to all of us, was this a plan to break up the whole neighborhood? We had some times then didn't we, I'll wipe my tears now and well I can thank God at least we had those times. Good luck to you all my friends and maybe we can tell our grandchildren how it used to be in our neighborhood in the north end of Kansas City.
barchers 2 months ago
god bless!
Anthony2Times 2 months ago
'' The good old days in Mastic N.Y. ''
myfireworks1 2 months ago
Stole this from Robert Loggia
Zawzagez11 2 months ago
Totally related to this video! When I lived in NY growing up, I was Italian...when my family moved to Southern California, suddenly I became a white kid, lol. I never knew! :)
Dabudsta 2 months ago
Providence, RI here..Hello to all my paisons out there! You guys know who you are
WiseGuy5674 2 months ago
What an outstanding video! Bravo!
WiseGuy5674 2 months ago
How on earth is possible that people with Italian descent (even the great-great-great grandfather) considers themselves Italian and don't even speak a single word of it,lol.........:)
NumquamB 2 months ago
@NumquamB because the culture mannerisms were still the Italian way
LiveforGodalways 1 month ago
@Ohiogoodfella Even though this was about ten years before my time looking at these photos are like looking at my family photos.Sadly those days are long gone.
SAMMARTINO68 2 months ago
My grandfather immagrated to america from italy when he was a child, he failed kindergarden twice because he couldnt speak english. When he grew up he was drafted into the army. Served in WW2. Found my grandmother, had kids. Plenty of them at that,. 6. My grandma is not italian. So that makes my mom 50%. My grandpa died before i was born. Right before actually. So I was born 25% italian. I never had the taste of an italian life because the one and only person who could teach me died.
PrototypeScope 2 months ago
America RUINS family values....honor and traditions.
America is the devils land.
mrtundra45 2 months ago
Nice! great upload! reminds me of my dad!
Fattboy59 2 months ago
thank you for doing this and you did it well. My family lived outside of pittsburgh in a town called Aliquippa. your documantery nailed it and i am sharing it with every one...... You made my christmas, me and my entire family wish you and your entire family the BEST.......thanks for taking time to make this!!!!!!!!!!
gtomike 2 months ago
beautiful
rosa69lveme1 2 months ago
I grew up off ninth street in South Philly, the heart of Italian-Americans in Philadelphia. I can relate to much of this video growing up in the late '60s through the mid '80s.
gglaw42 2 months ago
Grazie, Just as I remember growing up.......... We still do Christmas Eve big time just so our kids know how lucky they are to have Italian blood flowing in their veins here in America.
Byrdfan 2 months ago
Thank You!!!!
Bill22675 2 months ago
GRAZIE PER I RICORDI !!!!!!!!
swirlyhat888 2 months ago
Wow Arab Families are just like Italian
ilikewalmartbecause 2 months ago
Bellissimo video. Grazie per i ricordi!
ThePauligirl48 2 months ago
I meant to say 2nd generation...
Nonnabella826 2 months ago
Tante grazie. I am a and generation. We are from the Emiglia Romagna area of Italy. I identify with SO much of this. I spent some of my life in Highwood, Illinois. In this town, 95% of the people were from within 50 miles of the same area in Italy (Modena). Nothing in the world can beat cannoli, tortellini, zuppa inglese, imported asiago, home made pasta....Ahhh, the memories...
Nonnabella826 2 months ago
I'm Dominican, but so fortunate to be adopted into a Connecticut Italian family. Brings back memories from my childhood. I miss my Nonnie and Poppy. Thanks for the upload :)
MichaelCasanovaMusic 2 months ago
Great video! Brings a tear to my eye...
FlyGuyLAX 2 months ago
Loved finding this video. Brings back a very familar life. :)
missceevee1972 2 months ago
fantastic video!!!!
stayridenchevyz 2 months ago
very nice story!
Mar25Par 2 months ago
Un abbraccio a tutti gli italiani d'america!!
trottolicchio 3 months ago
God, this is so true.
mariannet29 3 months ago
Brings back wonderful memories but yet sadness sinks in at the ending.
davidcalleo 3 months ago
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i like the video but you stole this from Our Contributions : The Italians in America video almost word for word.
nemzz9st 3 months ago
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MrSouthphillyitalian 3 months ago
How I identify! Beautiful.
steam8859 3 months ago
"No animosity involved in that distinction? No prejudice? No hard feelings? Just a friendly and a proud observation." Yeah, I'm Italian, and I'm going to have to bust you on that one. It wasn't just a means of distinguishing us from them. There was certainly, at the very least, a great deal of animosity. Having said that, I had a wonderful childhood growing up Italian in NY, and I wouldn't change anything.
JohnnyBakery 3 months ago 7
@JohnnyBakery Your right I always grew up that the term Amediganz was a negative connotation as well.
sweetpea77333 1 month ago
This is almost an exact remake of a video with "Feech" narrating. I'm confused :/
tusepagliacco 4 months ago
Brought tears to my eyes, beautiful video!! How True, I miss those days!
MsPamela2205 4 months ago 14
This was so amazing! so true too! even though im only 15, i understand completely all these traditions and have lived them. were truely the best!
BrianAnthonyFasano 4 months ago
grazie
1577renzo 4 months ago
I loved this! Reminds me of my own childhood. Very sad, we must not lose the Italian traditions.
BellaItalianMama 4 months ago
So thoroughly enjoyed this....such wonderful memories of the beloved past resurfaced. Makes me miss my Nonna & Nonno & great zias & zios even more! Thank you for making this. Grazie!
SiciMamma 5 months ago
This . . . is true!
?;^)
L4sleeko 5 months ago
I loved this. I'm not Italian, but I grew up in South Brooklyn, and most of my friends were at least half Italian, and even if only half, that was the dominant culture. I laughed out loud at the line about the grandparents wanting to go home, 'because no one was watching the house." Such a familiar line!
I can think of at least a dozen people who will love to see this--I know it will bring a few to tears. Thanks!
MSKAYO56 5 months ago 2
Brought back memories of growing up with my grandparents! How I miss those days. Grandparents (both sets) were from Naples!! Thank you!
NMM823 5 months ago
Your video triggered so many incredibly wonderful memories of my Grandparents and Parents. This was the experience of all Italian Immigrants to Canada. The sense of pride was and is second to none. Sunday afternoon dinners at my Grandparents house with what seemed to be an acreage of a farm in a regular backyard. Not a day goes by that I do not long for those times again. Very well done!!
MrArock513 5 months ago
I am Irish, who grew up in an Italian neighbourhood, and this was a way of life for us too...
reddheddjedd77 5 months ago
I'm Italian, but I was born in Vancouver. Most of my relatives were born in Reggio Di Callabria, Italy
BananaJSSI 5 months ago
Bella!
BananaJSSI 5 months ago
Absolutely beautiful... brings back such wonderful memories. Thank you
SuperJoanne47 5 months ago
Thank you for this beautiful video! It brought back so many memories of my family, growing up in an Italian household. It made me cry to remember those days. I wish I had them back. Life was so much better back then. Maybe it was all the love and the ties that bind. Thank you, I am grateful.
PriestessPat 6 months ago
GOD BLESS YOU FOR POSTING THIS ~ SUCH BEAUTIFUL MEMORIES ~ BRINGS TEARS TO MY EYES ~ I AM A VERY PROUD SICILIAN!!!!
classylady1447 6 months ago
Ahh growing up with my mother and grandparents on Sunday mornings brings back a lot of memories. The smell and spell of grandma's meat balls frying in the pan, the La Spagnulo Olive oil tin on the counter and gravy simmering in that big 10 quart sauce pot. The aroma of garlic, fried meatballs and sauce. We'd watch grandma layer the lasagna with the ricotta cheese and I'd sneak a feshly cooked meatball not yet in the gravy. She would catch me in the act , put it in a bowl with a little sauce.
Speakerofthehouse2 6 months ago
what a beautiful video this is! and it is alll so TRUE!! Italian american family values should be treasured forever! only another Italian American can trully relate to a beautiful video like this..and I do remember those great family moments!...its so true...Time has changed so many precious family values..I think that the old fashioned family values and lifestyles will be coming back soon...one can only hope anyway..God bless you and your family always..THANKYOU FOR THIS VIDEO!..:-)
TheTUBEFAIRY121 7 months ago
Most of the monologue is directly plagiarised from the other Italian video: ""Italian contributions to America''. Anyway which was first to be screened? But it's a great video.
Johnnystrychnine 7 months ago
Oh how true!
broomsy1 8 months ago
Remembering a chunk of hard cheese, bread and wine....cold outside....always family....you wouldnt understand...unless your one of us!
joeignoffo 8 months ago
fuck you coons niggers
TheSnake609 9 months ago
I mourn all that we have lost thru the generations.....Those were truly the days of AMERICA.
mad4hotwheels 9 months ago
So true.......all so true.
jomancino 9 months ago
Che bella storia, Grazie.
Operator66 9 months ago
Never ceases to bring tears to my eyes. How rich the culture, how deep the the sense of family. Sometimes "progress" isn't progress at all. I miss the days depicted here.
Saluti a tutti che hanno questi ricordi, ci conosciamo bene!
Jasydj 9 months ago
I absolutely love this video. It is so true. I miss my old family. I am trying very hard to keep the traditions and teach my children and grandchildren what it STILL means to be Italian.
simplysicilian1 10 months ago
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Anubi1989 2 months ago
No one moved for 30+ years if ever. Summertimes on the front porch in the evenings shaded by huge elm trees. The smell of the bakeries, the italian markets, the lawn fetes at church, Saints' feast days, I remember it all. Our generation was blessed. Now I visit papa, gramma, mom & dad at the cemetery, God where did the time go. I have tears in my eyes, I miss them so much. Til we meet on the other side..........
jocasti100 10 months ago
This made me cry. It made me miss how my family used to be.. My great-grandmother just recently died, and it really made me realize how much our family has changed, especially on the holidays.. It's true that the food changes too..
I miss the way it used to be.
radestloser 10 months ago
This video described my family exactly how it was. I can relate to it like it was my family being they were documenting. How I miss coming in to my grandmother's house and all the aunts were making home made pasta from scratch at the kitchen table, then laying it out on a sheet in the bedroom. My grandfather was an ice & coal man. Well, you get the point. Thank you for this wonderful video!
selfempl 10 months ago
I really miss life in the old Italian Families. Loud, crazy and wonderful.
dianneiorio 10 months ago
And they learned to speak English.
Don't get me started.
cheswic 10 months ago
And they didn't get any handouts when they got here. They broke there ass to provide for the family.
cheswic 10 months ago
My Grandfather was an ice man from Bari, In Bklyn.
cheswic 10 months ago