Italians share a tradition of only eating fish on Christmas Eve. The Christmas Even tradition is called the Feast of the Seven Fishes. (Yes, they're aware "fishes" is grammatically incorrect).
Why seven? Seven stands for the seven sacraments of the Catholic Church. The seven days of creation. In Biblical numerology, seven is a number of perfection. There's no real set menu, as long as you include seven seafood dishes and some pasta.
Many nationalities have traditions around the holidays. The night before Christmas, Italians gather for the feast of the seven fishes. It consists of seven different seafood dishes.
Feast of the Seven Fishes Holiday Cooking Special - 2011 TV is rated/received certificates of: USA:G
Throwdown with Bobby Flay - 2006 Feast of the Seven Fishes 6-13 was released on: USA: 2009
The Italians have many celebrations. They include the feast of the seven fishes, Easter, Christmas, and Valentines Day.
The Feast of the Seven Fishes is a traditional Christmas Eve meal in Italy. People generally spend holidays with their extended families.
Kitchen Boss - 2011 Feast of the Fishes - 2.24 was released on: USA: 8 March 2012
Kitchen Boss - 2011 Feast of the Fishes 2-24 was released on: USA: 8 March 2012
Theresa Tyro has written: 'The feast of the fishes, or, The whale's invitation to his brethren of the deep' -- subject(s): Accessible book, Fishes, Children's poetry, Juvenile poetry
The word is Aramaic, cognate to the Latin hospes, meaning guest. From kabbalistic tradition, seven mystical guests (Abraham, Isaac, Jacob, Joseph, Moses, Aaron, and David) visit the sukkah during the seven days of the Feast of Tabernacles (Zohar 5:103b).
Sports feast.
It means "Feast of Flowers" or Easter
Of or pertaining to a holiday or a feast; joyous; festive.
A feast of the Romans in honor of Lupercus, or Pan.