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From: "Jenny De Angelis" <>
Subject: Re: Tradition of the Seven fish on Christmas eve
Date: Sat, 5 Feb 2005 17:09:19 +0100
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Here in Spain they also eat fish and seafood on Christmas eve it must be a
traditional Roman Catholic thing, rather than something peculiar to Italy.

Regards
Jenny DeAngelis
Spain.
Subject: Re: Tradition of the Seven fish on Christmas eve


> I'm very late to this discussion but my family is from AQ Abruzzo, TE
> Abruzzo, and AP Marche, and we still do have a seafood feast on Christmas
> Eve. I was told it was "Italian," and never heard that there were seven
> dishes until I was an adult. We have smelts, squid, baccala, and tuna with
> pasta and sauce, etc. Mom says the grandparents used to make octopus and
> other things too. I assumed it was southern Italian. Perhaps it's no
> longer a tradition in Italy?


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