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Squid meatballs
Squid meatballs for a pasta dish at Tortola family's table for the Feast of the Seven Fishes on Christmas Eve 2005 at their home in Lexington. (Zara Tzanev) Zara Tzanev

Mangia! (x7)

Many Italian-American families celebrate Christmas Eve by feasting on courses of fish

By Jonathan Levitt
Globe Correspondent / December 20, 2006

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Marianne and Angelo Tortola live in a big gray and red Colonial at the end of a long lamppost-lined driveway. Every day at 4:30 p.m., you can hear the Star Spangled Banner from nearby Hanscom Air Force Base. Other than that, this spot is quiet. Marianne cooks dinner most nights and the Tortolas always eat well. But on ... (Full article: 993 words)

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