Feast of the Seven Fishes Planner (Menu Cards + Spreadsheet)

Host the Feast of the Seven Fishes without the Christmas Eve scramble: menu cards, a cooking timeline and a spreadsheet that times each course.

Good for: Hosts of an Italian-American Christmas Eve dinner, and first-time hosts of the tradition.

INSTANT DOWNLOAD: a printable PDF and a spreadsheet; nothing is shipped.

Hosting the Feast of the Seven Fishes this Christmas Eve? This kit plans the whole night: menu cards and place cards for the table, a 3-day cooking timeline (salt cod needs soaking!), a guest allergy check, and a spreadsheet that works out when to start cooking each course.

AI disclosure: this item was created with the use of AI. LB3 Trackers designed it with AI assistance: AI tools helped write the code that draws the designs, plus the formulas, layouts and wording. All artwork is original.

About the tradition: the Feast of the Seven Fishes is an Italian-American Christmas Eve dinner that grew from the Southern Italian custom of La Vigilia, a meatless Christmas Eve vigil. The number of dishes varies from family to family, so the planner holds up to 10.

Printables (5 pages, US Letter):

- Intro: the tradition, dishes families often serve, and what to plan ahead

- 2 menu card designs (cream and deep teal) with 7 courses from Primo to Settimo

- 8 fold-over place cards

- Cooking timeline, from 3 days before to Christmas Eve, with checkboxes

- Guests and allergies sheet

Spreadsheet (Excel / Google Sheets):

- Menu and timeline: set the dinner time and the minutes between courses. Each dish gets a serve time, a start-cooking time and a prep-ahead date.

- Allergy check: if a confirmed guest has a shellfish or fish allergy, every dish that contains it is flagged red

- Shopping list with dish, quantity, where to buy, estimated cost, ordered and picked up

- Summary: guests, cost per guest, items still to order, and the evening's timeline

- BLANK and SAMPLE versions. No macros.

Please note: this is a planning tool, not food-safety advice. Keep seafood cold and follow your fishmonger's advice.

Format: one ZIP file containing the PDF, two .xlsx files and a README.

Instant download: after payment you get a download link right away.

Questions or a problem with the file? Message us through the store contact page. If the file doesn't work for you, we'll fix it or refund you.

License: personal use. Please don't resell, share or re-upload the files.

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