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Feast of the Seven Fishes
We spent Christmas in Portland with my family this year, but we still celebrated the Italian-American Christmas Eve feast, La Vigilia, or the feast of the seven fishes. It’s not certain where this tradition arose, but fish is symbolic in … Continue reading
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Tagged baccala, Catholicism, Christmas Eve, culture, Feast of the Seven Fishes, Italian-American, Italians, Italy, New Jersey, Vigilia
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