Our family loves nothing, if not traditions. We have a few old traditions, but mostly, each year, we use any and all opportunity to make new traditions. When John and I got married, I quickly discovered that he had almost no traditions in his family with the exception of New Years Eve. For some reason, he likes to grill steaks on New Years Eve. He doesn't grill them any other day or time. Then, when we moved to Germany, we started the tradition of hosting a fun New Years Eve party. We planned a large tournament of games in a rented hall for a couple of years, and then we moved on to planning a large, fancy dance followed by a large display of fireworks at midnight. Goodness, just writing about those brings a smile to my face. Those were fun times, for sure. When we moved to Pennsylvania, we discovered that having no friends severely impacts the success of game nights and dances, so we started family traditions. We still try to shoot of...
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