Does your family have "family reunions?"

it usually happens during Christmas eve. everyone brings food and gifts and gather at my parent's house. its the most noisy yet fun event all the time with all the kids, the nieces, nephews and the grandchildren. best part is the games, the giving of gifts and the opening. swell way to spend Christmas. what time of the year do you usually hold reunions? ann

We used to have a really huge family and all got together at least once a year. Then we'd have a gigantic family reunion every couple of years with members coming in from all over the U.S. Now there's not that many left in the family, everybody was so much older and sadly they've all passed. So, we haven't really had a reunion in about 10 years now. I used to cherish those times when we'd all get together. We did pot luck too, and share our home movies and pictures and such. Our family has a farm, so we'd almost always bring down a horse or two for riding around the yard, or back in the woods. Gee, just remembering has me all nostalgic lol.

We have frequent family reunions on festivals, birthdays, and other occasions. For single child family, family reunions help the children ease the feeling of loneliness at home. And they learn communication, sharing, caring among family members. More important, the reunions become happy events for our Mom. We like to see her feeling happy about being big star in the family.