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Sicilian Culture: News & Views
Sicilian Culture Email Newsletter
This Week: Ash Wednesday & St. Valentine's Day
Greetings Friends of Sicilian Culture!!!
We have two significant holidays this week, back to back! Ash Wednesday & St. Valentine's Day, learn at both at: www.sicilianculture.com -- the main menu at a glance:
The Life of St. Valentine
Tomorrow as many of you may know is Ash Wednesday, and even if you are not from the Roman Catholic faith, you will know when you see people walking around with a black smudge on their forehead. Religion plays a very big part of the life and culture of the Italians, and today kicks off the season of Lent and leads up to one of the 2 holiest days of the year for the Catholics, Easter, the day Christ had risen from the dead (the other of course, is Christmas, Christ's birth, and when we see examples of some of the finest food in an Italian family's kitchen). We have a new section up, a directory of Roman Catholic churches at: www.sicilianculture.com/rc - - It is still under construction, but if you want to get to church today, check it out, I know many churches have mass at 7pm tonight to accommodate the working class people.
Now, after we are done fasting on Wednesday, time to start feasting with your mate on Thursday! At www.sicilianculture.com/food you will find tons of recipes, music selections to set the mood, and we even have a list of aphrodisiacs -- and of course, don't forget America's favorite aphrodisiac... alcohol! www.sicilianculture.com/bar -- just remember, as Dean Martin says "if you drink, don't drive, don't even putt" -- there has never been a better time to convince your mate to spend a night if you don't already live together ;-)
Good Luck, and remember,
if it works out, or if it don't -- don't blame us!!! ;-)
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Italian-Americans...
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