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Italians eat pasta, ravioli, salad, beans, meats, and spaghetti for Christmas.

If you ever went to Olive Garden then you know the answer Italians eat the same at Christmas time. Trust me I'm Italian and I know everything.

There isn't a set menu for Christmas dinner like Turkey on Thanksgiving here.

There is a tradition on Xmas eve though. Italian Americans have a dinner called "The meal of the 7 fishes" where 7 different fish dishes are served. There would be fried squid, shrimp, smelts, baccala (salted cod), chowder, clam dishes, lobster dishes, pretty much any sort of fish dish you could imagine (except sushi)

If you've got an Italian coming over for Christmas dinner and you want to make them comfortable... Don't take them to Olive Garden. The food there isn't bad or anything, but it's like taking somebody to "Red Lobster" just because they're from Maine. Italians have an adventurous palate and a holiday meal is an event. The company is more important then the food. Serve what ever you would normally have. Just space out the courses a bit and have plenty of wine and coffee with desert. If you want to make them feel at home, look hurt and ask them if they didn't like something they didn't have three helpings of.

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That depends entirely on the family traditions in each indevidual household. Some may have spagetti with meatballs, others may have a traditional turkey dinner with all the fixin's, others still may have ham or fish. It depends on the family.

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Italians eat fish at Christmas.

Often, no meat and sometimes no dairy is eaten, but a light seafood meal is eaten before people go to Midnight Mass. After Mass, a slice of Panettone, an Italian Christmas Cake which is like a dry fruity sponge cake, and a cup of Hot Chocolate may be enjoyed.

Many Italian-American families have a large Christmas Eve meal of different fish dishes known as 'Esta dei Sette Pesci' (Feast of the Seven Fishes). Common types of fish eaten in the feast include Baccala (salted Cod), Clams, Calamari, Sardines and Eel.

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Most popular is the Feast of the Seven Fishes. Usually you will have a dish (or two or three!) that contain different types of fish and seafoods. Many italians have the requisite pasta, perhaps carbonara style. Italian Wedding Soup, lasagna, salad. Desserts are tiramisu and cheesecake! YUM!

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Traditionally on Christmas Eve, Italians don't need mean. The normal Christmas Eve meal consists of fish (preferably shellfish) and vegetables. For Christmas Day, the main course pasta of some sort, which varies depending on which part of Italy you are in. Most of the time, however, stuffed pastas are a very popular dish on Christmas, as well as sweet breads and puddings for dessert.

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Traditional Christmas foods eaten in Italy include salted, dried cod, baked pasta, turkey, and capon (castrated rooster). Typically, a Christmas Eve feast includes from 7-13 types of fish, Christmas broccoli, and fish salad. Sweet, buttery breads such as panettone are served. The celebration would not be complete without dessert treats like honey pastry, dried figs, candied almonds, and roasted chestnuts.

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they eat rabbit,turkey,chicken,spagetti,lasagna,Pizza and pasta stuff to

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dog meat, mostly.

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it varies from place to place

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They Have Christmas Dinner On A Pizza!

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