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    November, families gather together to spend a day filled with food and laughter. Thanksgiving celebrates the day the settlers and the Native Americans enjoyed their first meal together. However, my parents were both raised in Mexico and never had a typical yearly Thanksgiving celebration. Despite my parents home being Mexico, they started a family in America and decided to teach their children about both of the places they come from. A compromise between American and Mexican traditions formed and

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    you have any family or friend traditions? If you do you should know what a tradition is and if you don't or you are not sure. A family tradition is a time were you gather up with your family. Then you eat, party, play games, or just hang out. The tradition would be that you do these things every year on the same day or holiday with the same family members. Some of the time traditions are very important to our lives since people can be put in situations where they can only see these family members or

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    My family tradition is that when a daughter turns fifteen the parents thought a party called a quinceañera. My parents invited friends and family members to celebrate this happy occasion. In a mexican culture they do a quinceañera to show the transformation of a young girl into womenhood. The quinceañera is the last party to show that the girls are no longer little girls in the eyes of society. My quinceañera dress was a aqua puffy cloud. The music was blasting it could be heard international

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    Over the years, a lot has changed including family traditions as shown through the way Gregor is treated. There is a concept that says that families should always stick together and watch out for each other no matter what. Obviously, Gregor's family, the Samsa's, have not been informed about this old concept. People should always support their families through thick and thin no matter what as shown through how willingly Gregor supports his family and puts up with whatever or how Grete helps Gregor

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    What is your favorite family tradition? Maybe it’s family Christmas, or family Thanksgiving. For me it is deer hunting. My family has been deer hunting in the same place for the last 25 years. It all started with my grandpa going hunting with his friends. Then when my uncle got old enough to deer hunt he starting going too. Once my dad started dating my mom he started going out hunting with my grandpa too. Deer camp slowly grew until they had eight guys out there all hunting everyday. Then my grandpa

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    Every family is different whether it’s their race or culture and every family has different celebrations and traditions this is what makes different families unique. Family tradition’s for the Davila family start around November 24 for their Thanksgiving dinner. The Thanksgiving dinner consists of stuffing, turkey, and yams with marshmallows. The family says grace and begins to eat and what is not eaten is eaten for the rest of the month. Later Thanksgiving night their second family tradition is revealed

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    Tradition seems to be something you have to follow and strive to accomplish. No one can follow tradition since there are obstacles. My family has always been-in my eyes-a typical, Asian family. One day a woman came up to me and my cousins, and asked if we were related. You see, I thought my family was just average and Asian because that was what we were mentally. But physically it was different. My cousins Raymond, Daniella, my little brother Richard and I all looked Asian. My other cousins Cindy

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    Christmas is a family tradition, perhaps you have this tradition? The family of Macarena is always a mess for decided who is going to organize the Christmas day. This year had to be the Aunt Carmen that was chooses by her family, Macarena’s mom volunteered to help her. But the Aunt Carmen said that she could do it by herself. Macarena had some problems with the traditions of her family. One of the most important traditions is Christmas. All the family meet in the house of the family that was chosen

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    When family traditions or arguments are started, they often continue on for a long while, and most of the time, they do more harm than good. In “The Interlopers” by Saki, two neighbors go into the forest to fight to the death over the land they both think they deserve. And in “Mending Wall” by Robert Frost, two neighbors have to rebuild a wall between their lands every spring, even when one of the neighbors thinks it’s not necessary. Saki and Frost use conflict, metaphors, and characterization to

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    November 3, 2015 ---- We are sitting down to dinner with Jack Malloy to discuss important family food traditions. Jack is 59 years of age and has been a widower for just shy of 20 years. Jack is the catering director at a local Yacht and Country Club. His daughter, Marie Malloy, a 32 year old, unmarried Fortune 50 business professional, joins us. Jack appears happy and talkative as he makes conversation with us and Marie behaves in a similar fashion, but seems slightly more tense than one would

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