The Feast of the Seven Fishes remains a Christmas Eve tradition for many Italian American families, sort of a winter version of Lent.
The Feast of the Seven Penguins doesn’t exist. Would be tough roster-wise for president of hockey operations Kyle Dubas. Consuming penguin meat is also illegal.
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