I'm a long time lurker to this group and just wanted to thank all of you
for sharing your Christmas Eve traditions.

They brought back a lot of memories from my childhood. I was brought up
in a traditional Italian family and we did have the seven meatless meals
on Christmas Eve. We would have my mom's brother and dad's sisters came
over. A lot of family and lots of food. That all ended the year when
both my oldest brother and my uncle passed away within a few months of
each other. After that, everyone went their separate ways. The young
ones got married and went to their "new" families, who didn't have the
same ways and traditions with extended families.

Since moving out on my own and when I don't work on Christmas Eve, I try
to have the same meal every year. Perogies, kielbasa and California
medley...For some reason, that is what I had the first Christmas Eve on
my own and have had it almost every Christmas Eve ever since.

Again thank you for sharing your memories, I've really enjoyed reading
them!

Merry Christmas and the best in the New Year to all!!!!

Glor