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Old December 18th, 2004, 12:32 PM   #5
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you have to be Italian or part Italian...yes???because my family does the backala too and it is a long-standing italian tradition. Lost of seafood the night of Christmas Eve for us...but I am one of those who does eat seafood so my grandma(the most wonderful) always made the spagetti with the marinara for me and some of the other grandkids. I have wonderful memories from childhood of family getting together and lots of eating and yelling just like how italian families are portrayed(except for the mafia) with lots of emotion and passion and fights and then hugs...etc. I wouldn't trade it...they do tend to drive me crazy but I guess that is part of it too. For now, the one tradition we have with the kids is to play christmas music while we drink hot chocolate and decorate the tree. we also have a night when we drive around the neighborhood and see the lights.
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