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

We really don't have any traditional family traditions. I am now the designated cook at all holiday festivities, which makes it kind of difficult since I now live 10 hours away hahaha! But I don't mind, I go to visit my parents and I cook there and I get everyone involved other than my dad, who naps on the couch hahaha!

I am not a mother, but I am a step-mother to 10 wonderful "children," 9 of whom are older than I am. ;-) My husband and I share a 35 year age difference. The nice thing about step-children is that we are of totally different families. They share their traditions, and I share mine, They are all American, and I am Danish-Canadian. You can bet I brought my traditions with me when I came down here.

I have passed down family traditions to my kids. Traditions are what bind us together as a family. Most of them have to do with holidays. Like what we serve on Thanksgiving, Christmas and Easter (always Polish sausage to go with the main meat, lol). How we always have Christmas dinner the night before and then get to open 1 or 2 gifts from each other. And on Christmas the kids can play with any opened gifts and anything in their stockings but can't open gifts until mom and dad are up AND awake, lol. There are also some tradition I started with my kids--like taking them out to lunch or dinner on their birthday (or as close as we can get so that my husband isn't working and can go along).

I think the tradition that I really picked up on was from my grandmother, and that was baking for the holidays. I remember my grandmother would always have about 8 different kinds of cookies and cakes for the holidays, and when one was running low, we would go to the pantry and grab more. I don't think my mother is much of one for tradition, just as long as we all get to spend some time together as a family. I also adopted some traditions from my step-mother whom I greatly admire.

Hi!Before my marraige I was a care free girl.I had a big friend circle and was busy with my friends and carrier.I never value my culture and traditions. But once I got married and went abroad I started missing my people, country, traditions.In fact I felt totally uprooted.Then God blessed me with a baby girl and my role as a mother started. Now I follow all my family traditions so that my daughter is close to her roots and respects her culture, her origin. At 6 she knows all about customs and traditions,language, religious functions.I feel we should adopt only those family traditions which are progressive and healthy and practical and which does not harm anyobody's feelings.