2007-12-26 13:21:17 · 7 answers · asked by abuelamah 6 in Society & Culture ➔ Cultures & Groups ➔ Senior Citizens
well my grand mother on my dads side was a drunk and i had no traditions with her at all[i did love her madly and i miss her very much] grand mother on my mums side lived about 600 miles from me and i never really got close to her.you talk about your favortism,well she had em and it wasnt me.but me and my grand kids starting a tradion of baking cookies and stringing popcorn.i hope one day they will do that with their children.
2007-12-26 14:38:36 · answer #1 · answered by alcaholicdemon 7 · 3⤊ 0⤋
I don't have any grandchildren, but I did this with my children. This family tradition began with my mom's side of the family who came from Germany. I don't know how long it's been in the family though. Each Saturday night in December (before Christmas) the kids would put out their shoes by the fireplace and if they were good kids that week Santa's elves would come at night and leave a small gift. If the kids were bad they would get a lump of coal in their shoe.. or in my case.. a rock.
2007-12-27 00:24:46 · answer #2 · answered by noonecanne 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
The Santa Lucia tradition. The oldest girl wears a wreath with candles on her head and serves our guests cookies. It is also a traditional part of our Holiday pageants. Only one of many but a beautiful one.
2007-12-27 04:38:54 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
every babie gets a 2 dollar bill to go in the baby book and instead of regular toys for christmas the great grandparent would give each kid a 2 dollar bill i dont know why though thats just the way they do it on my dads side the family
2007-12-26 21:31:16 · answer #4 · answered by Bridget M 4 · 3⤊ 0⤋
Not something done, but something carried forward: the bear hunting story my father told me, that I told my grandson. I later learned it was told on television in the fifties by Will Geer. It goes like this:
When my father was a boy, he went bear hunting with his father. Their cabin was at the bottom of a hill. They settled in, fixed dinner, and went to bed. Next morning after breakfast, his father left to hunt alone. While washing the breakfast dishes, my dad heard him yelling his name, looked up, and out the window saw his father running down the hill with his rifle, a bear in close chase. His father opened the front porch door, stood aside, let the bear in, slammed the door closed, and from the porch, yelled, "You catch this one! I'll go get another one!"
Answering the inevitable, "What did he DO??" :
"He reached down his throat, grabbed him by the tail, turned him inside out, and he tickled himself to death!"
2007-12-26 21:45:53 · answer #5 · answered by Dinah 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
No I didn't have any grandparents. Only had a grandpa that lived 3,000 miles away and only saw him one time when I was 4.
2007-12-27 02:10:49 · answer #6 · answered by Peapie 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
unfortunitly i never had a grand mother,they both were dead before i was born on both sides.my dad was a older man when him and mum had me he was 60.i never had kids,i was never that lucky.
2007-12-26 22:51:26 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋