My father's side of the family is originally from a little fishing village on the isle of Sicily.

One holiday custom includes the food prepared for family festivities.

In many Sicilian homesit is traditional to eat fish on Christmas Eve. Any kind of fish you can imagine! Fresh fruit, warm bread, and Italian cookies stuffed with figs, nuts, and other dried fruits are also traditional.

The family sits around the table laughing and telling stories.

On Christmas day we have fresh homemade ravioli with my Nana's (grandmother in Sicilian) homemade sauce that cooks for no less than 6 to 8 hours.