Me and my sister dancing circa 1983ish |
BUT....
Christmas Eve.
Now that is holiday that I am loving.
And here is why.
Bad Picture we took while everyone was eating and mid conversation |
Friends and family gather at our house for the Feast of the Seven Fishes. This is my 17th year enjoying this tradition. We've added some new recipes and made it our own, but the Itailian Feast of the Seven Fishes is so much fun to prepare. We always set the menu earlier in the month, and John and I prep and cook and plan this amazing meal to share with our friends and family.
There's no stress, no hustle and bustle. Just a meal, some prayer, some wine (there's always wine), fun conversations over new recipes and old.
And then at midnight we go to church, sing, and then at the end, wish each other a Merry Christmas. And go to bed remembering what The Holidays are all about.
I think it's the tradition of it all, something I can pass down to Gabriel, and something he can carry on to his family.
And I love it!
I think it's the tradition of it all, something I can pass down to Gabriel, and something he can carry on to his family.
And I love it!
If you are curious as to what the Seven Fishes is all about here goes:
There are many hypotheses for what the number "7" relates to, one being the number of Sacraments in the Roman Catholic Church. Another theory is that seven is a number representing perfection: the traditional Biblical number for divinity is three, and for Earth is four, and the combination of these numbers, seven, represents God on Earth, or Jesus Christ.
Or the Seven Deadly Sins, the seven days of the week... or just cuz someone long ago thought 7 was a good round number.
Either way-
Merry Christmas!