Family Traditions

Hmm. I guess I do have some traditions in my family for the holidays, but I can't label just one of them as my favorite.

For thanksgiving, my second favorite holiday (Halloween being my first, as it is the most holiest of days), everyone from my dads side of the family, my moms side of the family, and some of our family friends, all come over to my parents place for a feast fit for a king. I'm talking upwards of 50-60 people. And we never, never run out of food. It's a time of happiness and great bountiful foods. Everyone gets along great and not a word of ill is spoken. I fell that my entire extended family gets along better on Thanksgiving than they do on Christmas. (Don't get me wrong, they get along fine without it being a holiday too)

Speaking of Christmas, my third favorite holiday, we have traditions for that too. (In case you couldn't tell, this is my absolute favorite time of the year). On Christmas Eve, my family (the four of us) head on over to my great-aunt and great-uncles place for an early Christmas celebration. my family, and my great-aunt and great-uncle have a... what's the word I'm looking for... Stronger (I don't want to put the rest of my extended family down) relationship than the rest. So, instead of mixing them in with the craziness that happens next, we spend some 1 family on 1 family time.

That craziness I speak of is in fact crazy. Instead of both sides going to one house, each sides has one central house, and one side has an additional house. So on Christmas Day, after the usual family stuff in the morning, we have to go to three different houses, and we still spend a moderate amount of time at each house, like 4 hours a piece. It's crazy, but I love it.