Feast of the seven fishes

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Italians around the world celebrate Christmas Eve with a Feast of the Seven Fishes, also known as La Vigilia.

It is a meatless meal that consists of, typically, seven different seafood dishes. Some Italian families have been known to celebrate with 9, 11 or 13 different seafood dishes. This celebration is a commemoration of the wait, Vigilia di Natale, for the midnight birth of the baby Jesus.

There are many hypotheses for what the number "7" relates to, one being the number of Sacraments in the Catholic Church.

The components to the meal are similar for most families as there are always some seven combinations of: anchovies, sardines, dried salt cod, eels, squid, octopus, shrimp, mussels, oysters, and clams. In the mix are pastas, vegetables, baked goods, and the pride-filled homemade wine.

Popular Dishes include:

           Stuffed Calamari in Tomato Sauce
           Fried Smelts
           Oyster Shooters
           Deep Fried Calamari
           Deep Fried Breaded Oysters
           Deep Fried Fish/Shrimp
           Deep Fried Scallops
           Linguine with Clam Sauce
           Marinated Eel
           Baccala
           Whiting
           Tiramisu

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