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It's Christmas

With the presents brought by Baby Jesus himself on Christmas Eve, the Portuguese Christmas differs from the traditional turkey in England.   Instead of the blow out meal on the 25 th December where drinking starts at 11am with the annual sherry (boy I miss the traditional Christmas) the Portuguese share dinner on the 24 th with a big dose of Bacalhau, salted cod fish, which looks nothing before it’s soaked for 48 hours.      The Portuguese say that there’s a bacalhau recipe for every day of the week…..they love it here. Before the soaking One of the 365 recipes after the soaking Another of the 365 recipes image from http://www.theydrawandcook.com/recipes/bacalhau-a-bras-by-claudia-salgueiro  After the family meal, everyone will go to church for the 'Missa do Galo' or 'Mass of the Rooster' service. During the service an image of baby Jesus is brought out.   It is then put in the nativity scene (the presépio) which every church aro