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Family Holiday Traditions
Passing Down Family Traditions to Your Children
By Marjorie Sims
Another tradition of the Jewish faith is for parents to bless their children each Sabbath. "This makes them feel loved and cared for, and they in turn can care for others," Light says.
Montgomery adds that music, contemporary and traditional, is also a big part of her family's holiday tradition, and the main focus is on the birth of Christ.
Sandy Rout of Shelby County, Tenn., says familiar traditions of childhood are just as important now as when her children, now ages 37, 25 and 26, were preteenagers. One tradition she kept was to encourage her children to bring friends home during the holidays.
"I think looking forward to this tradition year after year gave our children, as well as their friends, a sense of belonging," Rout says. "It was important to them to know there was a plan and a place to go."
Rout continues to see an outgrowth of this tradition in her adult children, who still bring home a guest or two each holiday.
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