For MaryLou Astorino, the Italian-American Feast of the Seven Fishes is a family tradition filled with love. Celebrated as La Vigilia in Italy, the feast involves various fish and shellfish, with the ...

Like many groups, there are special traditions to that mark the holiday season, and Italian-Americans are no exception.

The origin of this Italian tradition is shrouded in mystery. Why seven fishes on Christmas Eve? Some say there’s a fish for each sacrament of the Catholic Church. Others tie it to the seven days of ...

The article discusses the Italian-American "Feast of the Seven Fishes" celebrated on Christmas Eve and its cultural ...

CORTLAND (WBNG) -- If you grew up in an Italian family, then there is a good chance that you spent your Christmas Eve celebrating the Feast of the Seven Fishes. The age-old tradition is still going ...

CLEVELAND, Ohio – Terrie Young has fond memories of walking into her Nana Giglio’s Lyndhurst house on Christmas Eve for Feast of the Seven Fishes. The extended family would gather in the basement ...

MIDLAND PARK, N.J. - Festivities are beginning before Christmas Day as families celebrate the Feast of the Seven Fishes. At Peter's Fish Market in Midland Park, lines were long. Longtime customers say ...

La panarda is a traditional, 40-course feast from the Abruzzo region in Italy, and you can experience it without leaving the ...

This post was originally published in 2015. It still makes us hungry. Christmas Eve’s Feast of the Seven Fishes is, by Italian Catholic tradition, supposed to be a penitential meal, and it may be, ...

Many Italian Americans celebrate Christmas Eve with a big family feast teeming with savory seafood stews, chilled shellfish, rich pastas and gorgeous baked fish. The multi-course meal from il mare is ...

SUMMERVILLE, S.C. (WCIV) — The Italian Feast's Meatball Run is returning this year, offering an family friendly fun-filled event that not only promotes health and community spirit but also raises ...

SUMMERVILLE, S.C. (WCIV) — The inaugural Italian Feast Meatball Run will take place in downtown Summerville on Oct. 7 from 8 a.m. to 10 a.m. All proceeds from the event will benefit the Dorchester ...