Ferragosto is the name that Italians give to August 15th, national holiday, an important, untouchable almost holy holiday.

Holy, not in the religious meaning of the word (although it is the day devoted to the Assumption of the Virgin Mary), but holy because it is considered the holiday of the holidays.
For Italians August has been for years the month of the holidays, when everything was closed, especially during the two central weeks of the month.

It is as everybody, the whole Italian nation was on holiday: CLOSED FOR HOLIDAYS!

August holidays are considered untouchables: everything shuts down and nobody wonders why it is like that. This means that you have to cross your fingers and just hope that during this time nothing breaks because your technician is on holiday and also the department store where he normally buys what he needs is on holiday and also the courier that could eventually deliver what you need is on holiday! In August nothing can be done or started because ....... it’s August!

So if you are not given what you are asking for it’s only because it was not found.  What can you do about it? Do like Italians: be patient!

The word “Ferragosto” derives from the Latin, Feriae Augusti. It was the Emperor Augustus to created this period to celebrate the harvest of cereals and the festivities reached their peak on the 15 of the month. The Catholic Church could not eradicate this pagan tradition and so they transformed it into a Christian holiday: the celebration of the Assumption of the Virgin Mary into heaven.
In recent decades, the holiday is still religious but its pagan side is very importanti because it is the celebration of the summer holidays!