Buone Feste a tutti

Heres wishing you and your family a Merry Christmas filled with peace and prosperity.

Fish for Christmas....The idea of trying the traditional 7 fishes meal is looming large inside my head. Maybe a Zuppa di pesce della Vigilia from Petruccio’s Italian Christmas Eve Menu would do the trick.

I should just go to Italy and eat at the source, but who has the money now that the oil is about finished and plane fares are rising? Besides, I’m looking for a touchstone to the place I really want to inhabit. Fish on Christmas Eve might (partially) fill the bill.

From my family and myself again, we wish you and yours a Merry Christmas and Happy New Year, Feliz Navidad y Feliz Anno, Buon Natale e Felice Anno Nuovo

Tony

An Italian Carol - Un Canto di Natale
‘Astro del Ciel’ - 'Star of the Sky' (same tune as 'Silent Night')

Astro del ciel, Pargol divin, mite Agnello Redentor!
Tu che i Vati da lungi sognar, tu che angeliche voci nunziar,
luce dona alle genti, pace infondi nei cuor!
luce dona alle genti, pace infondi nei cuor!
Astro del ciel, Pargol divin, mite Agnello Redentor!
Tu di stirpe regale decor, Tu virgineo, mistico fior,
luce dona alle genti, pace infondi nei cuor!
Luce dona alle genti, pace infondi nei cuor!
Astro del ciel, Pargol divin, mite Agnello Redentor!
Tu disceso a scontare l'error, Tu sol nato a parlare d'amor,
luce dona alle genti, pace infondi nei cuor!
Luce dona alle genti, pace infondi nei cuor!