https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Wed, 29 Apr 2026 08:06:32 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-family-traditions-help-you-feel-closer-to-your-family#post-111403 Wed, 04 Apr 2012 17:32:45 +0000 heffalump 111403@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Andrea: That would be awesome! They do have random bands around for entertainment all throughout the race. Anything from country to bag pipes. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-family-traditions-help-you-feel-closer-to-your-family#post-111396 Wed, 04 Apr 2012 17:29:23 +0000 Andrea 111396@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@artbee: haha bummer, they should have some turkeys running around, too! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-family-traditions-help-you-feel-closer-to-your-family#post-111394 Wed, 04 Apr 2012 17:28:34 +0000 heffalump 111394@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Andrea: Lol, no real turkeys. Just a person with a big turkey costume on usually, and lots of the racers will dress up like turkeys, or wear turkey hats, etc. It's a race on Thanksgiving morning. We always just do the mile walk, it starts up the street from my mom's house and goes to the high school. And then after my mom has a ton of people over for brunch. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-family-traditions-help-you-feel-closer-to-your-family#post-111391 Wed, 04 Apr 2012 17:25:59 +0000 Andrea 111391@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@artbee: that sounds so fun!! what is a turkey trot? are there real turkeys involved? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-family-traditions-help-you-feel-closer-to-your-family#post-111349 Wed, 04 Apr 2012 16:28:17 +0000 heffalump 111349@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Andrea: Oh, that makes sense. I am having to give up one tradition because of LO. Every year on thanksgiving we stay at my parents because there's a turkey trot race around their neighborhood and all the roads are blocked off so it's hard to get there the day of. And then we get my favorite tradition- my mom plays the Rocky song to wake us up in the morning. But now that LO is here it's just too much to stay there. My family is soooo loud so it's hard to get them to stay quiet after her bed time, and there's just a crap load of people there because my whole family stays there. But I'll probably just start playing the song for LO to wake up to at our house instead. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-family-traditions-help-you-feel-closer-to-your-family#post-111234 Wed, 04 Apr 2012 14:25:09 +0000 Andrea 111234@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@artbee: yes of course. that is why i used to visit pre-LO. but now, it is easier for my parents to come to new york and i don't feel the NEED to go to hawaii. there are no traditions tying me to hawaii in particular. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-family-traditions-help-you-feel-closer-to-your-family#post-111228 Wed, 04 Apr 2012 14:20:40 +0000 BabyLove 111228@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I love family traditions. Our family doesn't have many. But I am always a lil jealous when I hear about other family's traditions. We've slowly forced our families to incorporate them, and I think with us having children I'll be able to make them a part of our lives. I don't know that I'd feel closer to them with more traditioans, but I think they're a good way to bond. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-family-traditions-help-you-feel-closer-to-your-family#post-111223 Wed, 04 Apr 2012 14:15:00 +0000 heffalump 111223@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Andrea: but you have your family there. Isn't that enough to make you want to visit? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-family-traditions-help-you-feel-closer-to-your-family#post-111079 Wed, 04 Apr 2012 12:45:37 +0000 Andrea 111079@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@artbee: that was my suspicion. my mom asks me why i don't care about visiting hawaii and i think it's because i don't have many traditions tied to hawaii/my childhood so being there or here in new york is really no different for me. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-family-traditions-help-you-feel-closer-to-your-family#post-111074 Wed, 04 Apr 2012 12:38:39 +0000 heffalump 111074@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We're all about traditions. I think it brings us closer because we all love them so much that we don't want to miss things. So people are willing to fly in from all over for holidays and certain vacations. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-family-traditions-help-you-feel-closer-to-your-family#post-110946 Wed, 04 Apr 2012 10:28:30 +0000 Alivoo01 110946@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Traditions for us has brought us closer as a family. Sure as a kid, they're a PIA, but as adults, I love them. With all of us growing up and doing our own things (and living far away), these traditions is something we can expect everyone to be there and get us a little hyped up to reconnect. Then again, it depends on your relationship with those family members. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-family-traditions-help-you-feel-closer-to-your-family#post-110869 Wed, 04 Apr 2012 09:17:21 +0000 Andrea 110869@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Our family on both sides are pretty short of traditions and I'd say we're all so-so on the closeness department. So I'm curious to know if traditions have helped you forge close bonds with your family members? Or are the traditions sometimes a drag? </p>