festive dinner / big dinner
cenoni
che-NO-ne
Cenone (augmentative of 'cena'/dinner) is the elaborate Christmas Eve or New Year's Eve dinner. Christmas Eve traditionally features fish dishes (seafood), not meat.
Il cenone di Capodanno dura fino a mezzanotte.
The New Year's dinner goes on until midnight.
Abbiamo preparato un cenone speciale per la vigilia di Natale.
We prepared a special dinner for Christmas Eve.