TIS, until you mentioned that, I forgot about kneeling at the altar for Communion. And remember we always had to cover our heads for church. When the Church discontinued that practice, it killed the hat industry.

Living in the Bronx, it was always a big deal when all the women would go to mass on Easter in their new hats. We always went to early mass because you had to stop eating the night before. Then we would walk home on "the Avenue", which was White Plains Road, and we would stop for the Sunday papers and for danish and fresh-baked bread at the local bakery.