tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2529969472454786525.post7401462443600954101..comments2023-09-28T04:31:56.852-06:00Comments on TravelinOma: Tradition!Travelin'Omahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18415472674768977723noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2529969472454786525.post-71929434724423150692007-06-21T16:09:00.000-06:002007-06-21T16:09:00.000-06:00Wow. You are a parent/grandparent who just gets it...Wow. You are a parent/grandparent who just gets it! I love it. What a great post. Nathan served his mission in Norway and is all too familiar with the retched smell of lutefish (sp?) My dad every Sunday would make sourdough pancakes. It gave my mom a break from cooking and it was fast and delicious. I have never understood the need to have a huge dinner on Sunday. Seems like the worst possible day to make kids wait and wait to be fed.Bridgethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11051723455376835952noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2529969472454786525.post-79746350659011104612007-06-21T15:29:00.000-06:002007-06-21T15:29:00.000-06:00You express yourself so beautifully. thanks.You express yourself so beautifully. thanks.Chancyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17888087428059834691noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2529969472454786525.post-33210227972745621562007-06-21T10:09:00.000-06:002007-06-21T10:09:00.000-06:00Hello Marty,Our family always had sort of a Charle...Hello Marty,<BR/><BR/>Our family always had sort of a Charles Dickens Christmas. You know,carols and egg nog and presents beautifully wrapped under the tree. Then, our youngest son married a Puerto Rican girl and our whole family was invited to spend Christmas with them.Of course, her entire family was there,too and our "Christmas Carol" festivities turned into a Spanish festival.We sang Feliz Navidad(sp?)<BR/>and danced to spirited Island music. None of us spoke Spanish and most of her family spoke just a little English but we got by with smiles and attempts to understand each other.<BR/>We had the best time and have made it a new tradition to be together every Christmas since .<BR/>We have all tried to learn enough Spanish to be able to have a conversation and they have done even better with English.<BR/>It was sort of strange to give up Bing Crosby for Jose Feliciano but it has been so worth it to have made so many new friends and welcome them to our family and be welcomed by them.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2529969472454786525.post-2525110670435311782007-06-21T09:59:00.000-06:002007-06-21T09:59:00.000-06:00We have always cherished your non-obligatory holid...We have always cherished your non-obligatory holiday policy. The holidays we have spent with you guys have been some of our best though. Thanks!Christiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05769700320834756050noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2529969472454786525.post-20877808864377943202007-06-21T09:27:00.000-06:002007-06-21T09:27:00.000-06:00I've always felt that traditions are one of the th...I've always felt that traditions are one of the things that give our children roots so they can grow wings!<BR/><BR/>Since we have a "blended" (yeah, like oil & water) family, it has been interesting from time to time to not have chaos too!<BR/><BR/>You said this well Marty, thank you for reminding me!Bevhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07458851510738234247noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2529969472454786525.post-83019510487857998772007-06-21T08:08:00.000-06:002007-06-21T08:08:00.000-06:00Amen! I love my family's traditions (mostly Danis...Amen! I love my family's traditions (mostly Danish/Swedish/northern European) + do my best to do them with my own kids. But sometimes I find the tradition becomes a bossy dictator. I have to laugh when I introduce stress and tenseness in the name of fulfilling a tradition!Anniehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08941198405523733540noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2529969472454786525.post-18783149503587312902007-06-21T06:52:00.000-06:002007-06-21T06:52:00.000-06:00I come from such a small family that holidays were...I come from such a small family that holidays were spent, just the 6 of us. All our family was back in New England, where my parents' grew up. When I come here and read of the wonderful ways in which you create so much fun and memories for your family...well, it makes me a bit envious because I've never had that and I've never really known how to go about it with my own. We're a very close-knit little family ourselves, but I guess I'm lazy or something. I do know I lack whatever it is you're so blessed with. My daughter-in-law is much like you, and I admire that in her. As to family get togethers, my Dear Hubby's mom had 13 brothers and sisters and he has something like 60 first cousins. When he tells me stories of the gatherings at his grandparents' farm/homestead in Oregon City, I can't even begin to imagine it. My mom was an only child; my dad's sister was adopted. One of her kids was murdered years ago and I lost track of the other two 'cousins' decades ago. Isn't it strange how families evolve?? I claim my mom's first cousin Ginger as my own, and truly, that's just about all there is!MissKrishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12726021829363492972noreply@blogger.com