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We often turn to comfort foods in times of stress.

Marie Coyle @MarieCoyle (59396) 1 Oct

At least, here in the Midwest, we seem to. When the chips are down, someone is feeling badly, you are nostalgic, we sometimes turn to foods that seem to make us feel better. Often, these foods are simple, and we expect them to...

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Happy New Year To Everyone AND... Do You Have This Tradition In Your Family??

Hate2Iron @Hate2Iron (15724) • Canada 1 Jan 21

When I was growing up, every year on the 1st of January, we had another special dinner. It was pretty much a second Christmas Dinner, now that I think about it. I don't know who's idea it was, but it became a tradition all through...

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Making Pasta Fagioli

Michelle Renee Kidwell @Michellekidwell (29953) • Sonora, California 13 Nov 19

If you aren’t familiar with it, it is also called Pasts Fezel, and is a meat free Italian Bean Soup, made with Macaroni noodles, or elbow noodles if you wish, you add Pasta Sauce to the Water once it starts boiling along with the...

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What Is Your Favorite Family Tradition?

Leiann Lynn Rose Spontaneo @Spontaneo (14699) • United States 28 Mar 19

On most Sundays, for dinner, we had homemade pasta with homemade sauce and a nice salad straight from the family garden. A homemade pie for dessert. As most people solely have ham or turkey on holidays, we would even have...

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A Family Tradition I Don't Think That I Ever Told You About

Hate2Iron @Hate2Iron (15724) • Canada 7 Feb 19

When my kids were teens we had this ritual. At different times during the week, I would make a pot of herbal tea and then invite one of them to have tea with me for an hour... just the two of us. If they were struggling with...

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Celebrating Thanksgiving Early

Deborah-Diane @DeborahDiane (40851) • Laguna Woods, California 20 Nov 16

We are celebrating Thanksgiving on Tuesday evening! One of our daughters and her husband will be arriving at our house on Sunday evening and will stay until Wednesday. Another one of our daughters, who lives locally, is planning...

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Thanksgiving Drama after the Election

Deborah-Diane @DeborahDiane (40851) • Laguna Woods, California 18 Nov 16

As most of you know, the recent presidential election has divided our country, as well as millions of families. Over the past few days, I have heard several stories about families who dread seeing each other for Thanksgiving...

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Continuing an Annual Tradition Today

Steve Helmer @srhelmer (7047) • Beaver Dam, Wisconsin 29 May 16

Our annual Race into Summer Festival is being held at the park up the street from us and, as we have done since my oldest daughter was only a year or two old, we're going to go up the street and stand in line to get our free...

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what kind of family traditions do you have and enjoy in your family

sofs @sofssu (23660) 18 Aug 15

We have many family traditions in our family. One of them is a get together of all my brothers and their families once a year. We usually have a two or three day get to together. This used to be around Christmas earlier, now its...

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Family Traditions

Fishmomma @Fishmomma (11658) • United States 20 Nov 12

I enjoy spending time with my daughter and husband, as we talk about our lives. Its fun to watch holiday television shows, movies and bake for our friends. My daughter makes a list each year of people we plan to make cookies,...

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Out with the old and in with the new???

commonground @commonground (367) • United States 22 Dec 10

Christmas day is fast approaching. Lots of decisions to make. Open presents on Christmas eve? Wait till Christmas morning? Dinner with Mom and Dad? Or do we go to the in-laws? How about having dinner at our house? Who's feelings...

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How Do You Cook Your Turkey And Share Other Family Thanksgiving Traditions?

Deborah L. Alten @gtargirl (5376) • United States 14 Oct 09

Every Thanksgiving my turkey swims (I mean roasts) comfortably in a pan filled with one can of beer (or so), lots of butter, a few cubes of chicken bouillon, and green onions. I'm one who continually has to baste that bird.

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Just Where, Why, How Do Traditions Start or Begin?

pyewacket @pyewacket (43903) • United States 17 Dec 08

Guess I'm being reflective here about traditions in general...how, why, when, where do or did they start? That one has to do something a certain way, at a certain time? Why? I'm thinking about things in general here...but it can...

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what are the traditions you have with your children

sray81 @sray81 (50) • United States 4 Oct 08

the traditions i have with my little girl who is 3 is every night we eat dinner together if i am not at work and then brush our teeth together and cuddle up to read a good night story she is only three but is so big.

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roberten @roberten (3128) • United States 7 Feb 08

When my kids were younger, I would buy items to celebrate their birthdays all through the year. When the blessed day arrived I let them make part bags for all their friends; afterwards they walked from house to house (never alone...

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Wanting to start some Family Traditions....

dayzz25 @dayzz25 (552) • United States 7 Nov 07

I have a new baby and I'm interested in starting some Family Traditions of our own. I have some family traditions with my family (mom, sisters, ect) but I'm looking for something new to start with my daughter. Does anyone have any...

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Do you carry on family traditions now that you're a mother?

clamarco808 @clamarco808 (312) • United States 15 Sep 07

I still hold on to the superstitions that I've learned from my family but I haven't really carried on with too many "family traditions" from my mother. What are the traditions you carry on? If you decided not to carry on...

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The combining of families and family traditions, how do you handle it?

amyann16 @amyann16 (414) • United States 15 Jun 07

My husband and I have been married for 9 years but we still struggle with some of the differences between how our families handle family traditions. In his family, on Christmas they would all rip into the gifts at once. In my...

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Do you have family traditions?

littlefranciscan @littlefranciscan (18327) • United States 4 Jun 07

Do you have family traditions..things you family does faithfully on holidays or certain days of the year? What are some of them. Like when I was growing up ..it was tradition to sit down at thanksgiving dinner and have a...

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Traditions for Mother's Day or other special days....?

Mikki2 @Mikki2 (179) • United States 14 May 07

Do you take your mother to a special restuarant? Prepare a home cooked meal? Do you have a tradition for mother's day? My mother has passed away now but when she was still here I usually cooked a nice meal and then gave her a gift...

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