In Italy people generally go to the restaurants for the "big dinner of St. Silvester" in the evening of 31th december; young people often eat togheter in a flat, parents free, or in a garage without cars and after midnight go to the disco. Anyway at midnight everyone uncorcks a bottle of champagne and toasts the new year and kisses friends and acquaintances all around. Somone uses to cook lentils and "zampone" (pig's trotter stuffed with seasoned mincemeat);they are eaten at midnight because lentils will give you a lot of money in the new year. Someone eats grapes for the same reason of money! In every city or town there are fireworks at midnight! Young people usually turn back home the next morning after breakfast in a bar with "cappuccino and brioche