[ Alberto listens on carefully, but as she goes on, he's more and more charmed. The image of tons of candles sounds beautiful, but to hear that's how Bruno's parents met... well, it's kind of sweet. Alberto knows very little about romance and very little about holidays, but from what he's gathered, that sounds like quite the romantic scene. Or at least a lovely way to meet someone. There's a wistful smile growing on his face as he listens, munching idly on the biscotti. ]

Wooow... So, it's a holiday about pretty lights? I've seen fireworks before — on the 5th of July! It was before you got here. Nobody had any candles then, though. But they had sparklers! Those were cool! I bet those would be pretty for la Día de la Velitas~

[ He's got that date wrong, but he's engaged. He likes pretty lights — clearly, looking around the room at all the fairy lights he and Luca have strung up, this mental image is right up his alley. It's a simple detail, but it's already amping up his excitement for his first Christmas, still weeks to come... ]