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I think the wake is more of a Catholic thing perhaps?

• colanderman 2y ago
  Maybe (I was raised Catholic), but I also attended a wake of a teacher of mine who was Jewish (culturally if not religiously). Thinking more now, where I'm from (northeast US), "wake" and "calling hours" are synonymous, whereas they might not be in other parts of the world. So I may be perpetuating some confusion of terms.
  • mattl 2y ago
    I think in parts of the US that's certainly true. Northeast US is predominantly Catholic too.