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In reply to the discussion: Did you grow up with any family traditions? [View all]femmocrat
(28,394 posts)6. Of course.
We were a large ethnic family with lots of extended family who got together on the holidays. We ate lots of Eastern European dishes and baked goods that were only made for the holidays.
When I was a little girl, we celebrated two Christmases and Easters-- "American" and "Russian" (Orthodox). We always fasted on Christmas Eve and when we came home from midnight mass, had a feast of ham, kielbassa, etc.
None of these traditions have made it to the next generation. Most of my aunts and uncles have passed away and my cousins are scattered across the country. I have lost touch with most of them, unfortunately.
Wonderful memories, though.
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that sounds like fun... also like a story Ted might tell his kids on How I Met Your Mother
yellowdogintexas
Sep 2014
#45
My mom and dad didn't decorate the xmas tree till after we kids went to bed on xmas eve.
KG
Sep 2014
#16
My mom always put oranges in our xmass stockings to remind us of the depression and
applegrove
Sep 2014
#29
So did we and a big barber pole candy cane. Also a coloring book and a box of 64 caryons.
SammyWinstonJack
Sep 2014
#56
Lighting candles on the Advent wreath at dinner during the four weeks before Christmas
Lydia Leftcoast
Sep 2014
#52