Quite a few people who are much much much better equipped to survive a disaster than I am! Although something that kept coming up was the importance of skills and community (does that sound like Steemit?... haha...). Of course, having easy access to equipment and supplies doesn't hurt!

This week, we are coming into the festive season... yes yes, I know it is over a month away till Christmas, but we had Halloween recently, followed by Sinterklaas, and then Christmas and New Year. It's an endless line of traditions and customs... add into that the fact that my older girl is losing her baby teeth, so we've been doing a lot of the Tooth Fairy thing as well!

It makes her start to look like a vampire...

My Question

What is an interesting custom/tradition that you family, your country or your community has that you would like to share?

My sample answer

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Well, the tradition that I'd like to share is one that is more from my wife's family. Before Easter, they have pancakes... and it is a tradition that we have also adopted.

However, the real tradition is the competition between all the siblings (7 brothers and sisters, and now up to 5 cousins...) to eat the most pancakes... Usually it ends up being one of the younger boys, but the girls also usually get a decent amount down as well... Partners (like me) tend to stay out of the way! No-one likes a gatecrasher!

Tied in with this is the yearly "discussion" about the order of putting squeezed lemon/orange and sugar on the pancakes. Does the citrus juice go first or the sugar? Now for this, unless you don't eat a pancake, you WILL have to pick a side, no fence-sitting on this question!

It's most definitely sugar first, then squeeze the lemon. MY wife is WRONG! Now I have to indoctrinate my kids before she gets to it first....

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