Where to Enjoy the Feast of the Seven Fishes in Westchester
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Make your reservations and put in your to-go orders with these Westchester restaurants now to celebrate the Italian American tradition on Christmas Eve.
Although Christmas Eve is when children ’round the world wait for the big guy in red to freefall down the chimney, back in the days of old in Southern Italy, December 24 was a time of commemorative waiting for the birth of Jesus Christ.
This more holy vigil, or
La Vigilia, was observed by abstaining from meat and indulging in what was plentiful in the mostly poor region: fish. Today, the Feast of the Seven Fishes, historically starring dried, salted cod, or baccalà, prevails, and Westchester’s