Dozens of Sclafani's longtime friends and family jumped in to help on Christmas Eve, which also marks the Italian-American tradition of the Feast of the Seven Fishes. Families abstain from eating ...

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 ...

If you’re of Italian descent or an Italophile, Christmas Eve means not waiting for Santa, but for the Feast of the Fishes. Though a popular tradition in the United States, it’s actually not an ...

it's no wonder that it's beginning to look a lot like an Italian Christmas. That means a Christmas Eve supper of seafood, alternately called il cenone, la vigilia, or Feast of the Seven Fishes ...

For this reason, Three Kings' Day became the Christmas Day on which family and ... it is traditional that on Epiphany's eve, kids leave grass and water for the camels. The Epiphany is celebrated ...

The evening meal on Christmas Eve (La Vigilia) is traditionally based around fish, as a meat-free day before the decadence of the 25th. If you eat at an Italian home or restaurant on this date, you're ...

Their younger brother, RJ Collucia, has always felt like a failure, but, working as a dishwasher at an Italian restaurant ... pasta sauce to serve for Christmas Eve dinner, but a written copy ...

Festivities are beginning before Christmas Day as families celebrate the Feast of the Seven Fishes. CBS News New York's Kristie Keleshian reports.