see recipe in Italy Revisited/Recipes/"Holiday Breads"

According to the contributor's aunt prior to World War II "panettone" was only made for the Easter celebrations in Molise. However, when Italians came to Montreal in the 1950s, they started to make it for Christmas as well as for Easter. Later on, in the 1970s, boxes of imported "panettone" were sold in Montreal shops around the Christmas and Easter holidays so Italians bought them for both festivities. Nowadays, of course, boxes of "panettone" direct from Milan and other areas of Italy are available year round in Italian grocery shops, so for many third generation Italians "panettone" is no longer associated with any special festivity.... Photo: Mary Melfi.

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