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Posted by chrispar
I have absolutely no idea why it's 7. I feel silly,but I can't wait to eat!!!! We don't have 7 but we have quite a few different tyoes...I can not wait for my mom's baked clams.
Posted by Espo22
i looked it up and this is what i found
The origins vary, depending on who you ask, but quite clearly, you did not eat meat on Christmas Eve since it was the birth of Jesus, and just as you would not eat meat on Good Friday, you would not eat meat on Christmas Eve. Naturally (and sadly) traditions have changed, but many have kept this tradition, and, in fact, as midnight brings Christmas day, that is when you would start cooking the sausage for Christmas Dinner, and often the eating would go on until the late/early morning hours. Why 7 types of fish? Some say it is because it took God 7 days to create the universe. Again, it all evolves/revolves around Christian beliefs, as it should, after all this is NOT a holiday of gifts or gift giving, or even santa claus, but the feast of the birth of Jesus (as it should be).
Posted by soon2BMrsMcD
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Thats what I was thinking
Posted by Espo22
i looked it up and this is what i found
The origins vary, depending on who you ask, but quite clearly, you did not eat meat on Christmas Eve since it was the birth of Jesus, and just as you would not eat meat on Good Friday, you would not eat meat on Christmas Eve. Naturally (and sadly) traditions have changed, but many have kept this tradition, and, in fact, as midnight brings Christmas day, that is when you would start cooking the sausage for Christmas Dinner, and often the eating would go on until the late/early morning hours. Why 7 types of fish? Some say it is because it took God 7 days to create the universe. Again, it all evolves/revolves around Christian beliefs, as it should, after all this is NOT a holiday of gifts or gift giving, or even santa claus, but the feast of the birth of Jesus (as it should be).
Posted by shoegal68
Posted by chrispar
I have absolutely no idea why it's 7. I feel silly,but I can't wait to eat!!!! We don't have 7 but we have quite a few different tyoes...I can not wait for my mom's baked clams.
don't feel silly... i luv seafood.. i was so upset last year. my parents blew us off to go to somebody else houseThank God she is cooking this year.
does she start cooking meat at midnight?? we don't.. we are so stuffed can't move
Posted by shoegal68
Posted by Espo22
i looked it up and this is what i found
The origins vary, depending on who you ask, but quite clearly, you did not eat meat on Christmas Eve since it was the birth of Jesus, and just as you would not eat meat on Good Friday, you would not eat meat on Christmas Eve. Naturally (and sadly) traditions have changed, but many have kept this tradition, and, in fact, as midnight brings Christmas day, that is when you would start cooking the sausage for Christmas Dinner, and often the eating would go on until the late/early morning hours. Why 7 types of fish? Some say it is because it took God 7 days to create the universe. Again, it all evolves/revolves around Christian beliefs, as it should, after all this is NOT a holiday of gifts or gift giving, or even santa claus, but the feast of the birth of Jesus (as it should be).
Thanks Denise!!
whenever i ask my parents.. i get ' i don't know, just eat ! '![]()
Posted by Espo22
heres another answer
The real answer was: Italians around the world celebrate Christmas Eve with a Feast of the Seven Fishes. While there are many hypotheses for what the number '7' relates to in the feast, is for the seven stance is for the seven sacraments of the Catholic Church.
Posted by Espo22
Posted by shoegal68
Posted by Espo22
i looked it up and this is what i found
The origins vary, depending on who you ask, but quite clearly, you did not eat meat on Christmas Eve since it was the birth of Jesus, and just as you would not eat meat on Good Friday, you would not eat meat on Christmas Eve. Naturally (and sadly) traditions have changed, but many have kept this tradition, and, in fact, as midnight brings Christmas day, that is when you would start cooking the sausage for Christmas Dinner, and often the eating would go on until the late/early morning hours. Why 7 types of fish? Some say it is because it took God 7 days to create the universe. Again, it all evolves/revolves around Christian beliefs, as it should, after all this is NOT a holiday of gifts or gift giving, or even santa claus, but the feast of the birth of Jesus (as it should be).
Thanks Denise!!
whenever i ask my parents.. i get ' i don't know, just eat ! '![]()
lol what more do you need hahahaha...i love seafood so to me this is great, i wish we did this for us its the opposite its ALLLLLL meat lol and too much of it, but fh's family does this
Posted by shoegal68
Posted by chrispar
I have absolutely no idea why it's 7. I feel silly,but I can't wait to eat!!!! We don't have 7 but we have quite a few different tyoes...I can not wait for my mom's baked clams.
don't feel silly... i luv seafood.. i was so upset last year. my parents blew us off to go to somebody else houseThank God she is cooking this year.
does she start cooking meat at midnight?? we don't.. we are so stuffed can't move
