Family Traditions

Honoring the Past, Celebrating the Present and Building the Future with Traditions

Laura Munts | Posted 05.31.2012

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Traditions enable us to honor the past, celebrate the present and provide a legacy for the future. Not only a source of enjoyment, they serve as the glue that keeps families united.

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A Mom Teaches Her Children the Importance of Food (VIDEO)

Rebecca Gerendasy | Posted 05.10.2012

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With her husband overseas serving in the military, Gilbert endeavors to educate and instill an appreciation for fresh, locally produced food with her three young boys.

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Honoring Fearless Ancestors At The Holidays

Deborah Swiss | Posted 02.24.2012

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The holidays offer a special time to share the cherished traditions that our children will remember and pass on to the next generation. Gathering our families together for dinners and celebrations, it's easy to forget what a long road it's been for some of our ancestors and the lucky chain of circumstances that brought us all to our holiday feasts.

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How Picturing Christmas Becomes Picturing The Passing Of Time

bigthink.com | Posted 12.22.2011

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Exchanging Christmas cards each year with rarely seen friends and extended family always brings the annual revelations of photographs. Infants suddenl...

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A Holiday Tradition: Driving Around to See Neighborhood Decorations

Kate Kelly | Posted 02.15.2012

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In the midst of all the holiday chaos, many Americans still set aside an evening to load the family into the car and drive around to see the neighborhood holiday decorations.

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My Big Fat Jewish Thanksgiving

Patricia Aranka Smith | Posted 01.22.2012

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No self-respecting Jew comes to the holiday table empty handed of family accomplishments, their very own ailments or a sense of humor. They are mandatory side dishes.

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Why Divorced Parents Should 'Suck It Up' For Their Kids

Alison Patton | Posted 01.16.2012

When you're sucking it up until it hurts, that's when you will know your sacrifice is making a difference for your kids.

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All Grown Up: Tips For New Grandparents

Fox Business | Posted 12.21.2011

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Well my friends, last week I began what most likely will be the most rewarding chapter of my baby boomer years: I became a grandfather to a beautiful,...

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October Family Traditions

Nikki Luongo | Posted 12.04.2011

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Our aunts instilled in us the need to cherish the traditions of our family.

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The Family Road Trip Survival Guide

Posted 08.31.2011

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Planning for a family road trip can feel like planning for a major military operation -- all that laundry and packing, plus all those lists and tasks,...

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Balanced Life -- Find Ways to Make July 4th Traditions More Fun. (At the Very Least, Have Some Holiday Traditions.)

Gretchen Rubin | Posted 11.17.2011

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How do you celebrate Fourth of July? Do you have any good home-based traditions to propose? I'd like to have a little more than sparklers and cupcakes to mark the day.

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Christening Gown Worn By 20 Family Members Over The Last 125 Years

Daily Mail | Posted 05.25.2011

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At the age of three months, George Parfitt can already lay claim to keeping up a long and proud family tradition. For the baby was baptised in a chri...

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There's One in Every Family ...

Jordan M. Atin | Posted 11.17.2011

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Even though every family is different, there are similarities in the roles and personalities adopted by the participants in an estate fight, with many assuming the role they have played in the family since childhood.

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Thanksgiving Was the Only Holiday They Celebrated

Tim Giago | Posted 11.17.2011

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Every year at Thanksgiving time I get nostalgic and think about San Francisco and long to celebrate this one holiday with my friends and then I remember that they are both gone.

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