CST Holiday Traditions and Reflections

Celebrating the holidays brings much joy to all, and I can tell you that it for sure brings my family and I a lot. I love getting together with my family, giving gifts, and celebrating life. My family does most of the holiday celebrating on Christmas Eve with plenty of holiday music, desserts, presents, and delight!  On Christmas Eve, my cousins from my mom’s side of the family come over to celebr...

My family has a lot of different Christmas traditions coming from different influences like Italian American culture. One example of that is my family always eats lasagna on Christmas. We usually have the course of meals that traditional Italians do, with bread and antipasto, an appetizer that usually has fresh mozzarella cured meats, olives, tomatoes, and other various cheese and vegetables coming fi...

When it comes down to the holiday season, my family does not play around. Especially my mom. My favorite tradition takes place over the span of the week before Christmas. It starts usually on the weekend before, this year Christmas day happens to be on a Friday, so in this tradition it starts on a Sunday. My mom begins to do all of her baking. If you aren’t aware of how an Italian Christmas works,...

Christmas for our family is quite different from how many people in America would celebrate it. I come from a polish heritage so a lot of our traditions come from polish traditions as well. For example, many polish people celebrate Christmas on Christmas Eve instead of Christmas day. We wouldn't be able to open the presents unless everyone was done eating and since the presents didn’t really “app...

Christmas is my favorite time of the year. I love everything about the holidays. For me, the holidays mean a time to be together with my family. Over the years, my family has had many fun and entertaining traditions. From the annual Christmas Eve White Elephant to the bacon egg and cheese bagels on Christmas morning, I have a lot to look forward to come Christmas time. However, as of recently, one...

Can’t we all agree at this point in the year that the start of a new decade was just overwhelming? 2020 has been one the largest curve balls life has thrown at individuals, including myself. So much has happened in a short amount of time that all we want is this year to be over and anticipating to start fresh with 2021. Although a lot went on, it definitely was a year full of teaching moments. Appro...

Every year on Christmas Eve, my entire family and I get together to celebrate Christmas with each other. It is something that we all look forward to, and while we may do the same things every year, we still always enjoy being together and have a lot of fun. With all that has gone down this year, we are unable to keep that tradition going sadly, but we are trying to find ways around that. Due to the fa...

Every family has traditions. Some traditions mean a lot to a family and may seem different for someone else. With the holiday season in the process, I’m sure many people are doing their traditions. My family has some little traditions that make up our holiday season. On Christmas Eve. my mom likes to make pies and desserts for the next day. My sister and I love to make gingerbread houses, but...