Family traditions are important, I think, for kids as well as for adults. It gives a familiarity and comfort of knowing certain things will be the same. Jason and I had historically done the same things every year for Thanksgiving and Christmas until we moved to Prague. Being in Prague and away from all of our family left us open to creating new traditions without rocking the boat. We had to find ways to make these holidays special for our family. We did that for Thanksgiving, Mikulas, Christmas and New Years. Of course when we moved back last year all of our traditions got thrown up in the air. What do we do now? We can't go to Christmas Markets like in Prague and Thanksgiving with friends was not going to happen as everyone here has family to see. Last year I think we fell into what used to be but that just did not feel right to me. I didn't want to go back to what life used to be before Prague as though Prague was an aberration. It was our life and the majority of our children's lives. It was not a time in a bubble that didn't impact our lives once we left the bubble. It changed us and that can't be undone and I wouldn't want it to be undone. We went to our friends' houses for Thanksgiving dinner, Christmas Eve cocktails, Christmas Day brunch and we put on our adult pants and hosted dinner at our home at times. So, this year rather than fall back into what used to be Jason and I decided to offer to host Thanksgiving at our home. I recognize that everyone has their own traditions so we ended up hosting my parents, Jason's parents, and Jason's brother Graham and his family. This meant we had 8 adults and 5 kids. The day was perfect. The kids played and had fun. The adults got to talk and catch up with each other. The food came out delicious and we had a TON of leftovers. Everyone left happy and full. Jason and I made a good team for cooking and cleaning up and then enjoyed relaxing on the sofa. I'm not sure what traditions we will make going forward since, as odd as it sounds, we are still figuring out our way between what used to be pre-Prague, what was is Prague and what is now.Wednesday, November 28, 2012
Thanksgiving
Family traditions are important, I think, for kids as well as for adults. It gives a familiarity and comfort of knowing certain things will be the same. Jason and I had historically done the same things every year for Thanksgiving and Christmas until we moved to Prague. Being in Prague and away from all of our family left us open to creating new traditions without rocking the boat. We had to find ways to make these holidays special for our family. We did that for Thanksgiving, Mikulas, Christmas and New Years. Of course when we moved back last year all of our traditions got thrown up in the air. What do we do now? We can't go to Christmas Markets like in Prague and Thanksgiving with friends was not going to happen as everyone here has family to see. Last year I think we fell into what used to be but that just did not feel right to me. I didn't want to go back to what life used to be before Prague as though Prague was an aberration. It was our life and the majority of our children's lives. It was not a time in a bubble that didn't impact our lives once we left the bubble. It changed us and that can't be undone and I wouldn't want it to be undone. We went to our friends' houses for Thanksgiving dinner, Christmas Eve cocktails, Christmas Day brunch and we put on our adult pants and hosted dinner at our home at times. So, this year rather than fall back into what used to be Jason and I decided to offer to host Thanksgiving at our home. I recognize that everyone has their own traditions so we ended up hosting my parents, Jason's parents, and Jason's brother Graham and his family. This meant we had 8 adults and 5 kids. The day was perfect. The kids played and had fun. The adults got to talk and catch up with each other. The food came out delicious and we had a TON of leftovers. Everyone left happy and full. Jason and I made a good team for cooking and cleaning up and then enjoyed relaxing on the sofa. I'm not sure what traditions we will make going forward since, as odd as it sounds, we are still figuring out our way between what used to be pre-Prague, what was is Prague and what is now.
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