La Festa di San Giuseppe
This is a picture of the altar after supper. There was much more there earlier. That's a tray of my zeppole made from scratch!
Today is the feast of St. Joseph. It's a happy day very much like St.Paddy's Day, except instead of beer, cabbage and the color green, we have wine, pastries, and the color red!
My tradition is the one I learned from my Neapolitan relatives. We set up an altar to honor St.Joseph with wine, cookies, almonds, zeppole and citrus fruits because they were native to my uncle's home town.
This is also the day to do prosperity spells and rituals.
To learn more about this and other traditions click here.
AND THEN
the festivities continue. I made the zeppole and will be posting a pic later on.
Another important part of this feast day is that we honor the head of the household, the breadwinner, the father. Part of the blessing will also include a blessing for my husband, whereby we ask that St. Joe to take care of him because he works so hard to earn the money that provides us with all we need, and gladly helps me with the girls, and the chores when he's home.
We love him lots.
