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At Christmas time, my family loves to decorate the house. We first all go and buy a tree, then bring it home and decorate it. I have never had a year where we did not do this, and even if we travel somewhere, we always get to enjoy a tree for at least a few weeks.

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Holiday's are a big part of my family's tradition. For instance, when we celebrate Christmas, we always celebrate it in San Francisco. I also always hang out Christmas cards on the door way, because that is what we've always done. Location also plays a big part during our holidays. We always celebrate Thanksgiving with the extended family from my mom's side in Sonoma, even when we were living in Connecticut.

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One of the traditions that my family has that allows me to participate in it's culture is that of celebrating Christmas and Hannukah, because it shows our beliefs, religion, and lifestyle, which are all elements of culture.

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One of my families traditions, is to have fondue every Christmas Eve. Another tradition is that on birthdays we singing 2 songs instead of just one. Whenever getting the chance to, my Dad always asks questions. These traditions have stuck with me throughout my life. When my Dad asks questions, he has set an example for me to ask questions because it makes you look good and you get to learn more about the topic.

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One of my families traditions is on christmas eve we make homemade pierogis and we always make one monster pierogi for my dad to eat at the end of the meal. I feel that I have participated in this event because last christmas I was allowed to eat the monster pierogi.

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Rituals and traditions in family (Zeno Lee-DiVito)

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Rituals and traditions in family (Zeno Lee-DiVito)

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My family frequently visits Monterey and Hawaii. Whenever we would visit Monterey we would visit the aquarium. Whenever we would visit Hawaii we would go snorkeling. We usually visit these places once every year because they are very relaxing. We also sometimes go to Tahoe just to see what snow is like. We bring our dog on short trips. We don't really go on these trips to celebrate anything; we just do it because it is fun.

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I think that one tradition that allowed me to be a participant in my family's culture is Christmas. We have a lot of traditions surrounding Christmas. The first one is that we go over to my Grandma's house on Christmas Eve and go to church. After we go back to her house and she always gives us bags of Swedish candy (I'm very Swedish). Although it's a little thing it makes me appriciate more of my Swedish roots.

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What rituals or traditions in your family has allowed you to be a participant in your family's culture? -Sophie Fast 

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What rituals or traditions in your family has allowed you to be a participant in your family's culture? -Sophie Fast 

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After every birthday in my family, in my immediate family and extended family, we sing a second song after happy birthday. This tradition has been in my family for a very long time and I hope it continues because it makes my mom side, the O'Connor family, unique. Also in my immediate family, we have a tradition of having fondue on Christmas eve. This is our family time and on Christmas day, we have more a a friends night more than a family night. We spend time with our very good family friends. My family is very big on skiing. Sara and I have both been skiing competitively for over 6 years. On New Years Eve, there is a light parade that my family and friends both participate in. All of these things that I just mentioned, are very unique to my family and I look forward to doing these things each year.

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Rituals & Traditions (Rains Foster)         ((Laurel))

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Rituals & Traditions (Rains Foster)         ((Laurel))

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My families rituals often include food. We eat princess cake for every birthday, clam chowder for Christmas, and Easter brunch. We always tell long stories and share funny talents and skits. We are also ALWAYS laughing, like all the time. My family goes to church on Christmas and Easter, and we make new years resolutions that we put in bottles and burn the next year. We are always traveling or trying something new like a new food or a different hike or sport.

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During Halloween, we all dress up and decorate our front yard. At night, we all go to our neighbors house and some of the kids go trick or treating, or stay and hand out candy. One of my neighbors dads has a rule that anyone over 12 years old has to sing to get candy. We give them a few minutes to come up with their song and then they have to present in front of everyone at the party.

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During Christmas one person is the "elf." That person will distribute the gifts slowly and evenly throughout the family until all the presents are gone. this person is most likely to be the youngest kid. I have done this multiple times and also had someone do it for me. It is fun to pass out the gifts as well as receive them.

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In my family, for birthday'

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On me and my brothers birthday, we go to the Buckeye with my dad's parents and his brother. For desert, my brother and I get s'mores pie.
-Macy Deam

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In my family for Christmas eve my dad and I go crab fishing on the morning of Christmas eve. We will go crab for as long as it will take to get the maximum amount of crab which is like 25 crabs for the two of us. We will then go home clean and cook the crabs for an early Christmas eve dinner at like 4.

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In my family, one of our traditions/rituals is celebrating Hanukkah and Passover. We give each other presents, and play games as a familywith the dreidel. These allow me to participate in my family's culture of appreciating family and remembering our ancestors.

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In my family it is a tradition to play a game called "Pig" at almost every dinner where the whole family is gathered. The way Pig is played is that one family member will put their finger to the side of nose while everyone is eating. The remaining family members will have to follow suit and the last person to do so is dubbed the "Pig" and is therefore more interested in food then family and conversation.

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A tradition in my family that allows me to participate in my family's culture is red envelopes. Whenever we have a family event (birthday, wedding, funeral, etc.) we give or receive red envelopes of money. Through this tradition, we're taught to be humble and giving to others.