Tell about your own family traditions: Christmas, birthdays, graduations, Fourth of July, Halloween, Thanksgiving, hunting, funerals, Memorial Day, Mother's Day, Father's Day, weddings, etc.
For many of the listed days we have no particular traditions, but for others we have definite ones. Christmas, of course is my favorite holiday. We set up our Christmas tree and decorate the house right after Thanksgiving. That way we are in the holiday spirit all month long. We generally take the tree down right after the New Year starts. I love caroling and taking treats to our friends. Reading the Christmas story and singing carols on Christmas Eve is a carry-over from my childhood. A fairly recent addition to our Christmas traditions is having Christmas Dinner on Christmas Eve so I can relax and enjoy Christmas without spending the day in the kitchen.
The menu for Thanksgiving and Christmas is pretty much the same: turkey, potatoes, gravy, rolls, green salad and fruit salad, with pumpkin and apple pie and ice cream for dessert. Sometimes there are a few other things added in if other relatives join us. We generally play games while we’re waiting for the meal and afterward. We DON’T watch football.
Mother’s Day and Father’s Day breakfasts in bed have always been fun. Fourth of July picnics and fireworks are special but they aren’t set in stone. Sometimes we don’t follow the tradition and that’s fine. For birthdays the birthday person gets to choose dinner on their special day and we have cake and ice cream.
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