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The Joy of Family Traditions: A Season-by-Season Companion to 400 Celebrations and Activities | 
 enlarge | Author: Jennifer Trainer Thompson
Publisher: Ten Speed Press
Category: Book
List Price: $16.95
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Avg. Customer Rating:  2 reviews
Sales Rank: 350925
Media: Paperback
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 256
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1
Dimensions (in): 6.9 x 6.8 x 1
ISBN: 1587611147
Dewey Decimal Number: 394.269
EAN: 9781587611148
ASIN: 1587611147
Publication Date: May 2008
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When a special activity evolves into a tradition within a family, it creates meaning, connection, and community and makes common occasions more momentous and memorable. Establishing a sense of stability and shared history has never been more important to parents than it is today, as families become more fractured and scattered. THE JOY OF FAMILY TRADITIONS offers more than 400 fresh ideas and creative approaches to cultivating birthday, anniversary, holiday, and other rite-of-passage and seasonal traditions that strengthen personal bonds and reflect a family's individual style, spirituality, and values.
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Every Mother Should Have This One September 27, 2008
A beautiful book with creative ideas, like having a family hibernation weekend in February. The author recognizes that not all families are the same and that their traditions should reflect family members' heritage, culture, ethnicity, and personalities. She is also very sensitive to the challenges of creating meaningful traditions in blended (step) families. It is the Mother's Handbook for building family bonds.
Not only that, but it is so beautifully designed from cover to cover that it is the perfect holiday hostess gift or Mothers' Day gift.
And whatever you do, DON'T skip the introduction.
Lucy Adams author of If Mama Don't Laugh, It Ain't Funny
A Unique, Charming and Informative Book April 11, 2008
1 out of 2 found this review helpful
I just finished reading this wonderful new book and found it to be both a fascinating history lesson (it provides lots of background information about holidays and traditions from around the world) and an accurate view of family life in modern America. The suggestions it provides are practical and realistic for families who are trying to combine many different cultural backgrounds or step-parents and -siblings.
Most of the other traditions books out there are more of a how-to handbook (with recipe-like instructions) to be consulted on occasion, not a book you can sit down and read cover to cover like this one. The Joy of Family Traditions is a beautiful book with a warm, cozy feel. I also appreciated the sections of this book that talked about family traditions that involve charitable giving, and volunteering. I highly recommend it.
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