Here in the Boston area, the ocean is an ever-present part of everyday life. This is particularly true during the holiday season. Neighborhood farmers markets, teeming with locally caught seafood, are bustling with people preparing for festive family gatherings. Tourists and locals alike enjoy Boston Harbor cruises as they crane their necks to take in the downtown holiday lights. Our family looks forward to gathering for our long-standing Christmas Eve tradition of poaching locally caught haddock in baggies with lemon and squash.