(Recollections of Joe Ragucci – recorded 1/10/2005 by Joe Ragucci)
When I was growing up (teenager+) our Christmas eve tradition was that the entire Ragucci family went to Midnight Mass at St. Anthony’s in Port Reading and then walked down the street to Aunt Angelina and Uncle Leo’s house to celebrate.  Everyone was there and we ate and talked for hours.  The one “tradition” was that at 3am, the original “Christmas Carol” movie would come on TV and the kids would all sit around and watch it.  Bobby was amazing in that he had memorized all the lines in the movie.  So you heard the movie in stereo – from the TV and from Bob.  It was so much fun even though it was so late…..