Tag: traditions
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December 10, 2007 05:24 PM EST --
When I was growing up with my mom, we always had to have a real tree. To this day, I love the scent a a freshly cut Christmas tree. When I went to live with my grandma, we had an artificial tree. . . .
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November 29, 2009 11:27 PM EST --
Most families have traditions--especially around the holidays, and tonight my family gathered for one of ours. Every year, as my two children unpack their ornaments, I explain who gave . . .
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November 20, 2007 06:29 AM EST --
Christmas Holidays to me start after Thanksgiving. That is when I enjoy driving around seeing lights and so forth. Prior to Thanksgiving I am just a bah humbug.
One thing I am so looking . . .
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December 21, 2008 12:04 AM EST --
Did you ever want to know more about mistletoe and its history? . . .
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December 06, 2007 02:05 PM EST --
Do You Celebrate Saint Nicholas Day?
Saint Nicholas was a real-life bishop in what is now Turkey. He earned his sainthood for numerous miracles, but his neighbors knew him best as a kind and generous . . .
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May 08, 2009 10:12 AM EDT --
My family always had traditions when I was growing up. Every Christmas eve was spent at my great grandparents' house. The entire family - great grandparents, grandparents, parents, uncles, . . .
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December 29, 2007 05:02 PM EST --
On New Year's Day I'll fix our traditional meal of black eyed peas, hog jowls and collard greens with corn bread to round out the meal. It got me to thinking about other holidays we have certain . . .
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December 09, 2008 10:21 AM EST --
I love it more every year.
When I was a little girl, it was a family occasion, trimming the tree. First, Daddy strung the lights. Then we all (eight of us) had a hand in hanging the ornaments, which . . .
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May 04, 2007 09:25 AM EDT --
What family custom would you like to pass on to your children/family?
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December 09, 2007 10:36 AM EST --
I like to have this ready to pop in the oven on Christmas morning. Serves 8-10 people.
HOLLY-DAY QUICHE!
INGREDIENTS:
8 slices bread, crusts trimmed off and cubed
1/2 lb. grated . . .
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December 22, 2007 11:56 AM EST --
I'm not from this beautiful island but I have many friends. One of them, a lovely dark skinned lady in her forties, was kind enough to answer my questions one day last week. We were standing . . .
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February 10, 2008 01:14 PM EST --
Hey all! I think that there was something on CBS Sunday Morning on the Paczki - my dad always watches that show. I am including below an exerpt from his e-mail he just sent me. I can't find . . .
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November 03, 2008 08:16 AM EST --
With Christmas around the corner, I was wondering if any of you have a family tradition that has been passed down over the years? One of ours that has been going for as long as I can remember is the santa . . .
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January 28, 2009 06:20 PM EST --
Thank you to everyone who submitted an Incredible Holiday Tradition to the Incredible Group . I apologize that I’m late in announcing the winners! It’s apparent that our members have some pretty . . .
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December 25, 2006 09:20 AM EST --
This is the fourth Christmas since my divorce. I LOVE Christmas and all its traditions and one of the worst things about the divorce is giving up half my holidays with the kids. My ex . . .
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November 20, 2007 07:25 AM EST --
"Traditions are the 'always' in life--the rituals and customs that build common
memories for children, offer comfort and stability in good times and bad,
and create a sense of . . .
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November 24, 2007 06:15 PM EST --
We decorate for Christmas the weekend after Thanksgiving. We open our gifts on Christmas Eve and I take the kids to my former in laws on Christmas morning.
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November 06, 2008 11:01 AM EST --
Nollaig Shona Dhuit is Merry Christmas in Irish Gaelic, which is still taught in schools in Eire, the Irish Republic. Northern Ireland is part of the United Kingdom. Christmas is a traditional . . .
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November 23, 2008 01:59 PM EST --
Every year it seems that the commercialized aspects of Christmas arrive earlier and earlier. This year has been the worst I have ever seen. I had stopped into a major chain store to grab a bag of . . .
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March 31, 2009 11:44 AM EDT --
My son's girlfriend is welcome to visit whenever she likes. She is such a sweetheart! She has come over for dinner several times, but something she said at dinner the other night really struck . . .
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