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Holidays
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- What holidays did you celebrate? Why did you celebrate these holidays? Was it for patriotic or religious reasons?
- What was your favorite holiday? Why? What was your least favorite holiday? Why?
- Was there a holiday you didn't celebrate that you would have liked to? Why didn't you celebrate it?
- Many people experience periods of depression, anxiety, or loneliness during holidays. Was your mood or emotional state affected during the holidays?
- How did your holiday celebrations change over time? Did you stop celebrating some holidays? Were your celebrations less elaborate than when you were younger?
- Now that you were older, did you have a family to pass holiday traditions to? Did you begin new traditions?
- If you were married at this point, did you have to divide holiday time between different sides of the family? How was this handled?
- Did you ever wish you had celebrated your holidays differently? How would you have made them more special?
- The rest of these Writing Ideas will help you sketch one of your specific holiday experiences. For example, your first Thanksgiving celebration away from home. To skip these Writing Ideas related to a specific holiday, hold down Control and press N.
- Were there special foods, presents, or activities involved? Were any family traditions carried out? Describe the event.
- Where did you celebrate? Was it in your own home? Did you travel somewhere else? Had you moved away from the family home by now? Did you return to celebrate?
- With whom did you celebrate? Family? Friends? Did you not see all of the people that you did when you were younger? Did you miss anyone?
- What was your favorite part about the holiday? Having a vacation day? Giving or receiving gifts? Being with family? Had this changed since you were younger?
- What was the worst part about the holiday? The food? The work? Family members?
- How much work did you have to put into this holiday? Did you have to cook? Clean? Coordinate? Did you enjoy this? Why or why not?
- Was your home decorated for the holiday? How was it decorated? Was it popular to do this in the area where you lived?
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