Family codes and ritualsFreddy Woo writes, "as a child we used to have a 'whoever cuts doesn't choose the slice' rule with cake. It worked brilliantly, but it's left me completely anal about dividing up food - my wife just takes the piss as I ritually compare all the slice sizes."
What codes and rituals does your family have?
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chthonic, Thu 20 Nov 2008, 18:05)
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We do the xmas on xmas eve thing tooWe're german (or at least on 1 side) and the tradition there is (or was when and where my Oma and Opa came from- Bremen) that xmas eve is family, xmas day is friends and visits.
I loved it as a child as I got all my presents a day earlier than everyone else.
(, Sat 22 Nov 2008, 0:26, 1 reply)
France tooi spend many xmases with the family of mrs2shoes, and the pressie-giving bit and all that occurs on the evening of the 24th; as you say, this gives the 25th for lounging, late breakfast (fresh croissants on xmas morn, mmm), and a nice stroll under the always-blue Languedoc skies, usually involving a beach somewhere.. marvellous.
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