Christmas in Italy is a time for celebration, and with food playing such an important role in global holiday traditions, it’s no surprise that feasting is central to Italian Christmas.

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, depending on your view of eel ...

Food traditions can be comforting ... Spumante, a sparkling wine, is the drink of choice. As for the famous Italian Christmas meal of the feast of the seven fishes, Finardi says it’s limited ...

If you’re from an Italian-American family, you may want to pay attention to this latest food recall as it could potentially impact a celebrated annual Christmas tradition this year. ABC6 News ...

The Feast of the Seven Fishes — in Italian “La Vigilia,” which means “The Eve” — is one of these Christmas Eve traditions ... the brim with delicious food before heading off to ...

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 ...