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.
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The Italians have many celebrations. They include the feast of the seven fishes, Easter, Christmas, and Valentines Day.
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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
No, not all fishes are herbivores. Some fishes are carnivores, meaning they primarily eat other animals.
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
Sports feast.
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).
It means "Feast of Flowers" or Easter
A feast of the Romans in honor of Lupercus, or Pan.