TRADITION

Every family has a "tradition." It can be anything from food (the most common) to seasonal/holiday to something you or someone "always," does.

In our family & probably like yours 

TRADITION = FOOD & FOOD = TRADITION!

In an Italian house that means a BIG Italian dinner

Call it what you will, spaghetti, pasta, or by its style or shape, lasagne, ravioli....it was accompanied by a hearty helping of meatballs, sausage, braciole... & a tossed salad with oil & vinegar.

Of course there is wine often in green tinted bottles.
Save room for coffee & cake too! 
(But that's for later. Like 20 minutes later after you eat)
Hey! But Wadda' 'bout da' chicken?
I don't what Paisan of mine created the Italian Sunday dinner but besides the 800lbs of pasta & enough beef & pork to feed a small village plus that huge bowl of salad &
hard crusty Italian bread which is great for making 
"Sangwedges,"

but someone thought they needed one more entree. 

I KNOW why not serve roasted chicken. WHY NOT?

What better?
The cow, the pig, and the chicken. All the farm animals on one plate. MANGIA!

Thank God there were no lambs.

UNTIL EASTER!
Today keeping traditions alive seems harder to do. Sadly, many are lost with families at best only remembering or "knowing of," past traditions with little effort if any to renew them. 
Families don't get together as they once did. When the person passes away who the tradition centered or evolved around so often do the traditions themselves.
Every time I take a bite of Italian food I  see the faces & hear the voices of those who shared the table with me.
Whatever your tradition is do what you can to keep it from fading away.
ABUNDANZA:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HKsPUr0SVJo