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#12411 - 03/22/08 08:02 PM
More CST: Please Share Family Traditions
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Registered: 02/15/08
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My extended family is small by choice and circumstance. As a result, DH and I don’t have any family traditions. I’d like to change that with my son. What traditions do you recall with fondness, humor, etc.? I welcome any suggestions.  Thanks! Ann
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#12416 - 03/23/08 05:32 AM
Re: More CST: Please Share Family Traditions
[Re: acs]
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Registered: 12/13/05
Posts: 7207
Loc: Connecticut
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Growing up on Sunday mornings, all us kids used to gravitate to my parent's bedroom and snuggle in or pull up some rug with a bit of the Sunday paper or a book, and read for a good while. That's a favorite tradition that I surely miss. As we snuggled and read, I'd hear: "I finished the book.' from various corners of the room as my brothers finished up their books, and my mom would say: "Another Country Hear From."
I guess traditions don't have to make much sense, just be enjoyable. A book I'm reading currently, "The Omnivore's Dilemna" makes a strong case for family traditions around the dinner table.
Thanks, Grinity
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#12424 - 03/23/08 03:37 PM
Re: More CST: Please Share Family Traditions
[Re: Lorel]
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Registered: 09/19/07
Posts: 6145
Loc: Midwest
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Awww! What a nice thread!  I'll have to think about things we do that I can share. My Internet access is spotty this week, so it may be a while before I can get in here and post. But I love this topic and i had to say so! Thanks for this, Ann, and thanks for the great stories, friends! {hugs}
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#12441 - 03/24/08 06:24 AM
Re: More CST: Please Share Family Traditions
[Re: Ann]
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Registered: 02/04/08
Posts: 88
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Since Easter was yesterday, I'll share our egg-cracking tradition. I have a feeling it's Eastern-European in origin but don't know much else about it, other than the fact that it's been happening in my family for eons. Before dyeing them, we use a crayon to write each person's name on a hard-boiled egg. After grace but before dinner, we each put a dollar in the middle of the table (parents ante up for their kids, including babies!). Then we hit our egg against someone else's egg and try to crack the other person's egg. Everyone has a different technique for this.  The person with the last egg standing (uncracked) gets all the money. Yes, I realize that it's a little odd to gamble on Easter. We're generally not a gambling family, and I grew up attending Mass at least 3 times a week. But the egg cracking is so fun and everyone (especially the kids) really look forward to it, and try to predict who will win, what strategies will be used, etc. Our son was so excited to be the winner yesterday! (Sometimes we try to throw it so that a child wins, but it's not always possible.) Also on Easter, we break unleavened bread and make wishes for other people for the coming year. I'm not sure about the origins for this tradition, either. But it's a nice one, too, and plays on the "new beginning" aspect of the holiday. Tara
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#12464 - 03/24/08 10:03 PM
Re: More CST: Please Share Family Traditions
[Re: czechdrum]
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Registered: 03/05/07
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Hi Tara, I really like the sound of the egg cracking tradition! I had a question: Then we hit our egg against someone else's egg and try to crack the other person's egg. Everyone has a different technique for this. So I'm trying to imagine exactly what you mean. Do you clunk them together like a toast? Or do you roll them at each other like marbles? Or something else? Thanks for sharing this--I think we'll try it next year.
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#12472 - 03/25/08 05:57 AM
Re: More CST: Please Share Family Traditions
[Re: acs]
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Registered: 02/04/08
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Hi Tara, I really like the sound of the egg cracking tradition! I had a question: Then we hit our egg against someone else's egg and try to crack the other person's egg. Everyone has a different technique for this. So I'm trying to imagine exactly what you mean. Do you clunk them together like a toast? Or do you roll them at each other like marbles? Or something else? Thanks for sharing this--I think we'll try it next year. Hi there!  It's like a toast. It really is a lot of fun, albeit short-lived (the whole thing takes about a minute). But everyone looks forward to it every year. Last year, I forgot to bring the eggs - they were sitting, nicely dyed and labeled, in my fridge at home. I realized this when we were an hour from our home and a few minutes from my folks' place. Luckily Wawa (our local convenience store chain) sells hardboiled eggs in 2-packs. I bought a bunch of packs and we wrote people's names on them with a sharpie. These are the lengths to which we go to continue the egg cracking tradition.  [I did remember the eggs this year! *whew*] Tara
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#12483 - 03/25/08 08:37 AM
Re: More CST: Please Share Family Traditions
[Re: czechdrum]
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Registered: 10/25/07
Posts: 2231
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I like the egg cracking tradition, it sounds fun! We have Friday family night too! But we usually go to a movie or watch one at home. I saw a t-shirt online somwhere that Lorel might appreciate. It says: That's how I roll, and has a picture of a die for D&D. I was going to pick it up for myself but I give it a virtual toss over to Lorel....here you go.......  Neato
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#12484 - 03/25/08 08:42 AM
Re: More CST: Please Share Family Traditions
[Re: incogneato]
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Registered: 12/12/07
Posts: 485
Loc: New England
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My husband and the kids have breakfast at a restaurant with the in-laws every Sunday morning while I sleep in--I love this tradition  Another tradition we started last year was to take a 1 mile walk around a pond near the playground by our house each week night after supper. It's a wonderful time to relax and talk. I am so excited this year that my youngest (now 21 months) will finally be able to walk it and not be in the stroller. We just need the snow to melt so we can start up again.
Edited by crisc (03/25/08 08:42 AM)
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#12505 - 03/25/08 11:28 AM
Re: More CST: Please Share Family Traditions
[Re: Mommy2myEm]
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Registered: 03/05/08
Posts: 46
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My mom's entire side of the family gets together the first Sunday in December and bakes cookies all day. Last year we had 22 different types of cookies. It is great, you are then able to bring a cookie tray to every holiday party you attend. It is also a lot of fun now that DS2 is getting a little older, as we have not had any little kids for a long time.
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#12534 - 03/26/08 06:16 AM
Re: More CST: Please Share Family Traditions
[Re: bianc850a]
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Registered: 08/22/07
Posts: 970
Loc: New England
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Neato- Thanks for the virtual T! This is a fun thread!
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