Life with a Bottle of Moet

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Meanwhile in Italy…

Hundreds of people poured into the northern Italian city of Ivrea on Sunday to re-enact the Battle of the Oranges. Residents dressed up in medieval costumes and bombarded each other with juicy oranges from Sicily.

Legend has it that back in the 12th century the daughter of a miller rejected the advances of the town’s evil lord. She cut off his head and set Ivrea free from his tyranny. The battle recalls the insurrection against the tyrant with participants split into noblemen and commoners with the oranges representing the oppressor’s head.