I want my own traditions too, FFS!
This has been bothering me for a few years. I'm really sad, and a bit angry, that I don't have my own traditions. What I mean, is that I have no reason to do anything since the "grown-ups" already do...
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A day of the year when traditional power structures were reversed ? Sorry this is a pretty weak description. Question is essentially about European culture. I've got this idea that I've read of a day...
View ArticleI don't want to feel like scrooge this time every year
Help an American engineer a good Australian christmas. I'm an American expat, and have lived in Australia (Adelaide) for about three years now. I used to really like Christmas, but increasingly have...
View ArticleGonna kick myself in 3...2...1...
Historical brain fart -- help me remember the name of this English custom!! Please, please tell me the name of that English custom where a young boy would be crowned King of Something and rule over a...
View ArticleWe Want to Hear About Your Anniversary Traditions!
What are your anniversary traditions? My husband and I are celebrating our first anniversary (hooray!), and love the idea of starting a tradition for our future anniversaries. The whole thing started...
View ArticleYuletide Traditions for the Newly Married
Help a couple of newlyweds start their own Christmas traditions. This Christmas will be our first as a married couple and we want to start developing our own traditions (to compliment and/or replace...
View ArticleHelp me create new Christmas traditions!
I would like to start a Christmas tradition with my little niece and nephew, but I'm coming up short on ideas. Hope me? My partner and I are the sole aunties (no uncles either) to our adorable 9-month...
View ArticleIdeas for Traditions
What are some non-religious family (winter?) traditions that don't have to involve children? I feel like my husband and I could use some traditions. We're far away from family, don't have kids, and are...
View ArticleFastnacht costumes
What are the names of these Fastnacht characters? I assume these are stock characters, just like the better known Schiachperchten and Hopfennar. This picture was taken in 1939, BTW.
View ArticleCelebrating spring with a small side plate of 'Easter'
While we aren't religious, we still celebrate Easter as a holiday by branding it as a celebration of spring/renewal/rebirth/life etc. I am looking for ideas we can add to that tradition. Some details:...
View ArticleWhose idea was it to have an open bar at a lecture?
I was watching a movie where a scene included an academic lecturing on her work. The event was a black tie affair and there was an open bar at the lecture. I suddenly realized that this is common in...
View ArticleIdentify this German after dinner shot
Several years ago I spent time with some German visitors, and after each dinner they passed out airplane bottles of liquer. The tradition, they said, was to drink it down, put the cap on your nose, and...
View ArticleEngagement Traditions for Men
The idea of a marker/symbol of engagement appeals to me (as does the idea of tweaking gendered norms). I'm not otherwise terribly ornamentally inclined, so this feels like a good one-exception for her....
View ArticleCelebrating baseball?
I want to make the start of baseball season a 'holiday' for my son and celebrate it every year like a real holiday. I'd love some ideas for what 'traditions' this fake holiday should have. Context: My...
View ArticleBreaking champagne against the bricks? Celebrating a new house with kids
What are some meaningful and fun traditions or ways to celebrate a new home with youngish kids? And conversely, what are some ways to say goodbye to the home that they were born in? Tomorrow, we're...
View ArticleThings to do with kids leading up to Christmas
Usually I get into the Christmas groove early and easily, but for various reasons that's not happening this year. Still, I need to make things fun and memorable for my 7 year old. Please help me come...
View ArticleNew Year‘s Eve traditions in Latvia
What New Year‘s Eve traditions do Latvians have? I‘m thinking about things like fortune telling via coffee grounds or eating certain foods. Can you help me? Thanks!
View ArticleWhat is your "Taco Tuesday" for other days?
My family has Taco Tuesday and Mac-&-Cheese Monday. Do you have any other Alliterative food days?
View ArticleTo where do your babies trot-trot?
My family is doing the trot-trot rhyme with my neice at our Thanksgiving party, the one that starts, "Trot-trot to Boston, trot-trot to Lynn…" Do people not from Massachusetts do this? If so, do you...
View ArticleRelationship Rituals and Family Traditions
What structured activities do you do with your significant other to add meaning and joy in your life? I'm looking for things that are reoccurring: daily, weekly, monthly, yearly, or seasonally. From...
View ArticleCongrats Mom, it's "your" birthday!
Are there cultures where gifts/cards/flowers are given to mom on their children's birthday? I swear I read once (maybe even on MeFi?!) about a place where mothers get cards/gifts on their children's...
View ArticleTraditions to make New Year's Ever feel special
NYE is going to be just three of us: me, my spouse, and our fifth grader. What traditions are there from your family or around the world that might make the night fun?
View ArticleHappy super depressing New Year!
Every year, my family has depressing New Year's rituals and I'm dreading it. I am looking for ways I can protect my mental health and not start the year sad (first) and maybe some suggestions of new...
View ArticleWhat are your family traditions?
We have two young kids (1.5 and 5.5) and think we should start to establish some annual family traditions. What are your family traditions for holidays, solstices, or anything else? Thanks!
View ArticleSecular Jewish traditions for kids?
How do people who were raised Jewish but are no longer religious foster a sense of Jewish identity in their kids? Any good traditions or holiday celebration ideas? I was raised Jewish- Hebrew school,...
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