When I was a kid, it’d have to be Memorial Day. All the extended family would convene at the old family cemetery to decorate the graves. That isn’t the weird thing… the weird thing was we treated it as a family reunion and picnicked together among the head stones.
I don’t know what your families nationality is, but this is very common in some countries (not for memorial day, specifically, but picnicking in the cemetery on a holiday).
On holidays, my family insists on gathering together and sharing a meal. It’s fucking terrible.
Family meals can be overwhelming, and even traumatic depending on the family. After I got married, I could at least take every other year off. It’s now really just me and my dad who are left, and he doesn’t really put much effort into relationships. I miss them all so so much. I don’t really miss the chaos at family gatherings, but I’d deal with it again. Just make the most of your time with the ones you care for.
My siblings and I are all in our 30s and we still get visits from the Easter Bunny. We go through our baskets in front of our mom and talk about how much we enjoy our gifts from ‘the bunny’. I wasn’t able to be with my family this year so my Easter basket shower up in a FedEx box. Chocolate is chocolate, I’ve got no problems with this tradition.
My MIL gives us all presents from “Santa”. I’m pushing 50. She thought it was hilarious when I started doing it back to her (“why is Santa’s handwriting different on this tag??”)
in the seventies, we all swam naked together
We have a family tradition of watching giant monster (Godzilla, etc.) movies on New Years Eve.
