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QOTD1- March 24- Holiday Traditions

PoppedInASnap Posted:

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With the last 'Big' holiday around the corner... What are some traditions that you look forward to? What are some things that you look forward to passing on to your children? Is there anything you would like to add?

PoppedInASnap Posted:

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-I look forward to passing on Greek Easter to my children. Although I was not confirmed Greek, My father is and we look forward to the dinner every year.
I also would love to pass down the 'Pajama' tradition from Christmas eve .
One thing I would LOVE to begin is the 'Elf On The Shelf' every year with my kids. That and St. Nicholas Day (We started it in my houseand I woul dlove to continue it)
LadyDuda81509 Posted:

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no big traditions really, just the usual

my mom got upset one year because me and my brother were both in relationships that it was hard to get everyone together, so on easter, since she knows we have a million different stops to make, she has breakfast at her house and we have an easter egg hunt!!
MLAngelo Posted:

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I LOVED Easter baskets. My mom switched it up every year. Sometimes she set it up like a scavenger hunt, other times just a hunt.

Our family tradition was very laid back. We are not super religious. We used to spend Easter week down in Florida with my grandparents. They had a house on the Gulf so it was great. We would get up in the morning hunt eggs and then hit the beach or the pool at my grandfather's tennis club. Then we would go out for dinner.

I would love to continue on that tradition but my mom is hoping to sell that house. Taxes on the gulf are to much and Florida property values are MUCH different then when my grandparents bought the gulf front house for less then my current little house would have cost at the time. So I think we will probably make our own traditions. But I will always do easter eggs and baskets.

One tradition I do have and love though is making egg bread with my mom. The recipe by the way is in the cookbook.
MLAngelo Posted:

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By the way, your picture reminds me... did you know Ritas has Peeps Ice now. Its super sweet and bright yellow. It's fun but it turns my hands yellow when I serve it.
Dreemer107 Posted:

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Posted by MLAngelo

By the way, your picture reminds me... did you know Ritas has Peeps Ice now. Its super sweet and bright yellow. It's fun but it turns my hands yellow when I serve it.


does it really taste like peeps?!


AugustBridein09 Posted:

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Taking pictures with Santa for Christmas is our big thing.

Dreemer107 Posted:

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Posted by PoppedInASnap

With the last 'Big' holiday around the corner... What are some traditions that you look forward to? What are some things that you look forward to passing on to your children? Is there anything you would like to add?


For Easter, my mom always made molded chocolates with us...I've already started making mine for this year & I was just telling DH that I cant wait to do it with our kids!
I cant wait to color eggs for our first married Easter too!

I cant wait until we make our own traditions with our kids and their grandparents.
Except I still have to have Christmas w/ my extended family (My mom has a lot of siblings & I have a lot of cousins) I cant imagine a quiet Christmas day
PoppedInASnap Posted:

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Posted by MLAngelo

By the way, your picture reminds me... did you know Ritas has Peeps Ice now. Its super sweet and bright yellow. It's fun but it turns my hands yellow when I serve it.


Omg seriously?!?
I LOVE PEEPS and i mean LOVEEEE them
coldasice217 Posted:

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In my household, we do cold cuts and deli salads for Christmas Eve, and Chinese food on Easter...neither of which I think will be passed down, as long as my parents are around, since we'll be going there for those holidays. my deal was that we spent Christmas Eve with my family and Catholic Easter with mine, provided it doesn't fall on the same day as Greek Easter that year. This year and next year they fall on the same day, so my mom is pissed, and I am too kinda...I want my lo mein! But then she'll get me like the next 4 years in a row, so it's ok...this year we're making our famous pastitio for Easter, and the whole family will get to try it.

Tomlaur0808 Posted:

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Greek Easter - I didnt know your dad was Greek Jenny! We will have to get our red eggs & crack them to see who has the strongest egg - the Greek & Russian easter is the same - so it's nice to know I have someone to celebrate with!!!



'what do you mean he eat no meat??? thats ok thats ok... I make lamb'
MLAngelo Posted:

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Posted by PoppedInASnap

Posted by MLAngelo

By the way, your picture reminds me... did you know Ritas has Peeps Ice now. Its super sweet and bright yellow. It's fun but it turns my hands yellow when I serve it.


Omg seriously?!?
I LOVE PEEPS and i mean LOVEEEE them


Do you have a Rita's near you? Saturday we are giving out free chocolate covered peeps candies with each purchase. They are SO YUMMY!! I am glad I am not working, i would eat all the product.
MLAngelo Posted:

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Posted by Dreemer107

Posted by MLAngelo

By the way, your picture reminds me... did you know Ritas has Peeps Ice now. Its super sweet and bright yellow. It's fun but it turns my hands yellow when I serve it.


does it really taste like peeps?!




It actually does taste like them, but its super sweet. It even smells sweet. Its more noticable how sweet the flavor is in an ice then in a small candy. I had a small the other day and I couldn't eat it all. But kids LOVE it!
meara Posted:

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Hmm. . well I love that my mom always made cinnamon rolls on easter morning - they are homemade and delicious and I want to do that for sure. . (and the general egg hunt etc)

I also grew up celebrating passover and will def want to do that. . we did the service but a modified version that focused more on freedom and oppression and I always loved that as a kid. . being aware of how lucky we were to have the freedoms we do and thinking of others who didn't!

I don't know what new traditions will come. . I'm sure there will be TONS!
gina409 Posted:

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dh is a hristmas fanatic so hopefully we can share our love of tis holiday with our children and do all the stuff we do

like singing carols out loud while decortng the tree..laughing at all our ornaments and where we got them..driving around with hot chocolate while looking at lights etc etc

as for easter..we r hiding sma eggs around our apt filled with small gifts..why?cause we think we r 12
Summertimegal424 Posted:

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first holiday in hour new house, starting new traditions right there!

i love waking up early on xmas with DH and opening our presents ,we spoil eachother tooo much!
geegee827 Posted:

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oh so many! DH and I are both Christmas freaks so decorating the tree and taking drives to see the Christmas lights is a given - when I was a kid my parents used to load us in the car in our pj's with blankets and hot chocolate and we go for long rides. I loved it.

For Easter, it's all about the easter baskets! I'm 41 and my mom still makes me an easter basket every year. I've been making one for her and my sisters for years and DH got his first basket on our first easter together.....poor baby the Easter Bunny stopped coming for him when he was about 7

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