What special traditions or holiday celebrations
does your family observe?
Like most families, we celebrate the big ones:
Easter, 4th of July, Halloween, Thanksgiving, Christmas, and New Year’s
Eve. We also celebrate birthdays and
anniversaries. I try to throw in a
couple of Norwegian traditions into some of them by making lefse, poticlub, and
rommegrot. Other then that we are pretty
typical Americans.
We do have one celebration that many people
don’t. I call this celebration the Filipino
Thanksgiving (giving thanks for family).
When we go to my sister-in-law's house, she always spoils us with lumpia,
pansit, and monkey meat. The occasion? Family. In addition, we do get to celebrate this in
the town we live. My husband’s best
friend/military buddy/cousin/brother is half Filipino. He is like a brother to me as well, and we
consider his children our other nieces and nephew. He invites us to his family gatherings when
his mom comes to town and she brings lumpia and pansit. Etchie does his version of monkey meat. (No, the meat is not monkey, but regular beef,
pork, or chicken that is barbecued.)
Two weekends ago, we had a special celebration. We celebrated my father-in-law's life. Downtown Billings and the Double Tree saw the
Richard family eating together, laughing together, playing whist, playing
Cribbage, and conversing for two straight days. We plan an even bigger celebration in the
summer by carrying on the tradition my FIL started years ago, a big community
barbecue and pot luck.
Celebrations are the stuff of life.
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