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My family has had some pretty long-standing traditions, with a few new twists...
Each Thanksgiving, we would always have a turkey. Recently (3 or 4 years ago) we started dressing our turkey up a little. We would form the shape of a bikini out of tinfoil, place it on the raw turkey and cook it. When it was done, the exposed turkey skin was brown and crispy and the area under the bikini was pale-TAN LINES!!! It makes us laugh just thinking about it.
For Christmas, everyone in our family chooses their favorite food to have for dinner (our evening meal) on Christmas Eve. One year we had lefse and lutefisk (mom) clam chowder (dad) imitation crab stick things (big brother) steak (me) and homemade, handbreaded chicken strips (little sister) Then we added some potatoes and a vegetable and called it dinner. It was always a family affair to get everything ready.
Another tradition that my brother, sister and I had was that we would all sleep in the same bedroom on Christmas Eve so whoever woke up first could wake the others up to see what Santa brought for us. We also argued about which room we would sleep in every year.
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