At our house, tamales — meat and green corn — make up our traditional Christmas Eve dinner. And a close friend whose parents hail from Italy remembers the seven-fish- dinners (for the seven sacraments) her family ate on Christmas Eve.
Won't you tell us about your traditional night-before-Christmas meal? We're curious and hope to write a story about readers' culinary tradition for the day.
Send your memories and menus to Rosalie Crowe at rcrowe@ azstarnet.com and put Christmas Eve in the subject line.
If you send a recipe, please make sure you include how many people the recipe serves. Make sure, too, that all ingredients in the recipe are accounted for in the directions.
Oh, and don't forget to add your name and phone number (it won't be published).