While the Feast of the Seven Fishes has become more of an Italian-American tradition, the origins of the Christmas Eve feast are rooted in Italy. The tradition of eating fish on Christmas Eve is a Roman Catholic one that stems from abstaining from meat on the holiday. Seven is a recurring number in Catholicism as well.
Welcome to a three stage multi-cache. So get some paper and let's get started....
Stage 1:
Look at the photo of the Feast of the Seven Fishes from above and answer the following.
N42 5A.BCD W85 4W.XYZ
A = Number of dishes shaped like a football.
B = Number of dishes with food that you can see + number of wine glasses.
C = Zero.
D = Nine.
W = Number of wine bottles in the photo.
X = Number of fishes in cache name. (Not in photo)
Y = Number of wine bottles + number of wine glasses
Z = Zero.
Check sum: A+B+C+D+W+X+Y+Z = 31
Stage 2:
Look for the sign at the new coordinates and answer the following questions.
N42 5E.FGH W85 4S.TUV
E = Number that follows the word June.
F = Number of letters in the missing word, "con ____ e Inteligenc". (Spanish side)
G = Total number of letters in title on sign. (Both words)
H = Number of letters in the missing word, "____ del juego".
S = Number of letters in the missing word, "Necesita silla ____ ruedas?".
T = Number of letters in the missing word, "objetos que se ____".
U = Number of letters in the missing word, "no ____ supervisado".
V = Number of letters in the missing word, "___ juegos bruscos".
Check sum: E+F+G+H+S+T+U+V = 36ish, maybe 37
The 2023 Cold Cache Crew theme is Christmas Food Around the World. These caches will only be available from January 1st thru March 31st. Be sure to get'em while they're FRESH!!
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