As a kid yes, Sunday dinner was huge for my Italian family...but now our generation is way to busy rushing around and many have moved away from culture and tradition...which sucks cause those were the days. Although the wife is Japanese she has learned some of my families recipes...but unless your Italian you might not understand these sunday meals.
In fact I just came from one of the wifes friends house in Long Island who is also Japanese and married to a white guy. They invited us for dinner...knowing the wife was not into cooking much and not Italian...I made sure I had a big breakfast...because the meal they made was a joke...it was a good thing we brought a Cheese Cake that filled us up.
Italians always make a lot of food, and pasta was a must on Sundays, with a meat/and or seafood course...and desert...and of course antipasto to start the meal...and a loaf of Italian bread.
