This evening is The Feast of the Seven Fishes, a traditional Southern Italian ๐ฎ๐น and Sicilian event which occurs on Christmas Eve ๐ or Vigilia di Margo.
On Christmas Eve, no meat โ is eaten and Catholic families dine with a feast of seven fishes ๐ prior to midnight mass. The seven is believed to represent the seven sacraments but today some Italian-American families continue the traditional feast but add nine, eleven or even seafood dishes ๐. In honor of the Feast of the Seven Fishes, we are highlighting Public Fish Market in Harlem. We took this #analog photo in 2004 and it appears in our book โStore Front: The Disappearing Face of New Yorkโ.
This evening is The Feast of the Seven Fishes, a traditional Southern Italian ๐ฎ๐น and Sicilian event which occurs on Christmas Eve ๐ or Vigilia di Margo.
On Christmas Eve, no meat โ is eaten and Catholic families dine with a feast of seven fishes ๐ prior to midnight mass. The seven is believed to represent the seven sacraments but today some Italian-American families continue the traditional feast but add nine, eleven or even seafood dishes ๐. In honor of the Feast of the Seven Fishes, we are highlighting Public Fish Market in Harlem. We took this #analog photo in 2004 and it appears in our book โStore Front: The Disappearing Face of New Yorkโ.