(Above & below) A good time was had by all |
Revelers packed into Tommaso's Restaurant |
A makeshift altar was erected in the restaurant |
(Above & below) Homemade scorpelle with powdered sugar or honey |
Co-hosts Alexis and Ray warmly welcome partygoers |
Father Vincent Miceli says a few words before grace |
Vocalist Jenna Esposito delighted us with song |
Rocco the Comic had the room rolling |
(L-R) The boys picking the winning raffle tickets |
(Above & below) The restaurant's party room has a beautiful mural |
Tommaso's collection of Christmas nutcrackers |
After dinner, we celebrated Mass at St. Frances Cabrini's Church, but we didn't receive Communion because we ate and drank |
(L) The tabernacle. (R) Madonna delle Carmine |
(L-R) La Sacra Famiglia |
Christmas crèche in front of the sanctuary |
(L) San Giacomo e Sant'Anna. (R) San Pio da Pietrelcina |
(L) San Francesco d'Assisi. (R) Gesù Bambino di Praga |
(L) San Rocco di Montpellier. (R) Santa Rita da Cascia |
(L) Santa Lucia. (R) Sant'Agata |
(Above & below) After Mass, we took a stroll through bustling Dyker Heights to see the world-famous Christmas Lights |