It’s a celebration of carbs, basically. Mangia!
While Dylan McDermott and all other non-Italians are busy eating turkey on Christmas...
You just had turkey for Thanksgiving. What's the prob? You didn't have enough leftovers?
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Italians are eating pasta. And lots of it.
That's pasta with clams, in case your mouth starts to water with questions.
It all starts on Christmas Eve, with the Feast of the Seven Fishes, or “Esta dei Sette Pesci.”
A traditional Christmas Eve dinner is a meal that consists of seven seafood items, but some Italians have up to 13. And the types of seafood range anywhere from lobster to calamari, fried to grilled, and served alone or on top of pasta. (But we all want the pasta, right?)
The Feast originated from the Roman Catholic tradition of abstaining from meat and dairy on Fridays and holy days. So, since the Italians couldn't celebrate waiting for the birth of baby Jesus with meat, they turned to fish. Lots of fish.
