St. Joseph’s Day is commemorated in Florence with food, street processions, and oddly enough, donkey races. Zeppola, also known as St. Joseph’s Day cake is sold and eaten, and they are a little like doughnuts usually filled with cream or jam. Aside from eating naughty pastries there are bonfires and tournaments, and as this is also father’s day in Italy children give gifts to their dads. Although this day is no longer a national holiday, the celebrations are still alive and well.