Just my 2 cents. My cousins in Sicily never had a Christmas tree. They know about them, but I only have one cousin who started putting one up a few years ago.
Did they have 7 fish dishes and pasta and olive oil (I have no idea how to spell "al-ye, ool-ye" ?
Whoever exalts himself will be humbled, whoever humbles himself will be exalted - Matthew 23:12
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