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Family Traditions

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  1. What traditions did she and her family have? Did they eat special foods on special days? Did they make a point of spending time together on certain days?

  2. At this point in time, was she raising her own family? If so, had she started her own family traditions? Did she still return to her family's home to carry out certain traditions?

  3. As she grew older, were there family customs that she found she disliked? If yes, what were they and did she go along with them anyway? Did she find that she was drifting away from her family and striking out on her own?

  4. As an adult, was there a special holiday on which she and her family carried out family traditions? Religious or state holidays, for example? What did she do on these days?

  5. How were birthdays or anniversaries special in her family? What did they do differently from what other families do? Did she organize parties for her parents' anniversaries or birthdays?

  6. As an adult, had she moved away from her family? If yes, did she miss the everyday family routines from the past, such as eating together or playing games in the evenings? Did things like this later become customs in her own family?

  7. Did she and her family get together regularly to take family portraits? Did she like to do this or did she dread it?

  8. Did she have family reunions when she was an adult? How often? How had these changed from when she was younger? Whom did she look forward to seeing?

  9. Of the customs that she shared with her family while growing up, which ones did she introduce to her own family?

  10. Many years later, what family tradition from this time in her life was most memorable to her and why? Did it bring back memories of loved ones or the way life was in "yesteryear"?

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