Family Traditions -Sociology
By: Rene Runions
Traditions for Thanksgiving
-On Thanksgiving my family goes to my Grandma Nancy's and Grandpa Merlin's for lunch and dinner. We play card games like phase 10 and watch football.
Thanksgiving!
Phase 10
Watching football
Traditions on Halloween
-To get ready for Halloween my brother, sister and I carve pumpkins. My mom dries out the seeds and then bakes them for snacks :3
Halloween costumes
Carving pumkins
Baked pumpkin seeds
Christmas Traditions
-On Christmas day my extended family comes to my house for brunch and to open gifts
Easter Traditions
-When everyone finishes eating, my cousin and I go and hide Easter eggs for the kids to find
Birthday Traditions
-My Grandma Nancy makes her Texas Cake for everyone's birthday
Other Traditions
-Whenever my family throws a party at my house, we sing Karaoke in the basement
-On Sunday mornings, I go with my dad to the Hen House for breakfast with my Grandpa Al
3 terms that relate to 3 traditions of mine
example) For my family, a norm is having brunch at my house every Christmas
2.Values- broad ideas about what is good or desirable shared by people in a society
example) A value in my family is to always celebrate things together, whether its a birthday or a holiday
3.Real Culture- actual behavior patterns of members of a group
example) The real culture in my family tradition the pattern of Easter mass, breakfast at my house, then an Easter hunt.