[James Matthew Najera]

General Discussion Thread 04.23.2025​

Hey GrayViners!

Alright, let’s get nostalgic for a minute. What’s one family tradition from your childhood that still makes you smile (or laugh, or roll your eyes in the best way)?

Maybe it was a quirky holiday routine, a weekly dinner ritual, or some made-up game that somehow stuck around for years. Whatever it was—we want to hear it!

I’ll go first: Every Sunday, rain or shine, my family made “breakfast-for-dinner” and watched old mystery movies together. Pajamas were mandatory, and someone always burned the bacon. Still one of my favorite memories.

Now, your turn!

Drop your favorite tradition below—and who knows, you might inspire someone else to start their own version.

Cheers!
Blue

 

[Portiabasham29!]

Spending time with my family at holidays

 

[Breit11763]

When I was young we went to grandma and grandpas house every Sunday for dinner. Watched mutual of omahas wild kingdom and Lawrence welk.

 

[granniannie1]

Sunday nights were Walt Disney movie with a bowl of popcorn.

 

[Geri]

Breakfast and dinner with the whole family every day. There were only four of us . Pancakes or waffles on Sunday. Cereal on Monday. Eggs on Tuesday and Thursday and Saturday. Friday was cereal. I did that with my family also when I married.

 

[GayleKC]

Every Christmas Eve we ate at the Golden Lamb in Lebanon Ohio. Just me, Mom and Dad. Then I'd get to see Santa in his little shack outside.

 

[dkleslie52]

Sunday drives

 

[Cinros]

on Sunday’s, we would go to 6am church, eat breakfast while my mom made chicken paprika. When done with breakfast, we would watch Daniel Boone, Gumby and Gene Kelly Show. While we ate lunch (chicken paprikas), we would listen to Polka Varities. Then, my dad would drive us to the roller rink. Pick us up at 4 pm, have sandwiches for dinner, take a bath. My mom would make popcorn. We only had pop on Sunday nights, and sat on the floor with popcorn and pop and watch the Ed Sullivan Show

 

[Arkie98]

Seems trivial but we always took our shoes at the door. Has carried on through my kids and into their home. Saturday night we would set around the old wooden radio and listen to Grand Ol' Opry and then on to C/W music from Del Rio Tx

 

[Bartlett]

Sunday was a day to go to church and have our best dinner for the week. It was usually either fried chicken or roast with potatoes and gravy and a vegetable.

 

[janemcglumphry]

Singing with 10 brothers and sisters. That was our entertainment

 

[Greatgrannypat]

My parents were divorced when I was little. On Sundays, I went to church and so did my father. After church, we would take the bus to our downtown area (in earlier days it was a streetcar), then transfer to another bus and wind up at my Granny's house, where she had Sunday dinner all prepared. After dinner, my father would take me back uptown to see a Western movie (there was no TV when I was growing up).

 

[NIBOR0]

Sunday was dinner with the family. I wasn't even allowed to work on Sundays when I was 15-16 years old.

 

[Toot]

Sunday family dinners with my grandmother and uncles coming to our house and Weekend drives to Crooked Creek with grandparents and washing the car with water from the creek.

 

[C@tMom!]

Sunday dinner man I miss that. Especially fried chicken, cracklin gravy, mashed potatoes and corn.

 

[nlee1012]

Mine was potato panckes my Grandma made for us. No syrup, just butter and sugar

 

[VickiJean58]

Every New Year's Eve my mother made banana cake in the large roasting pan ( with Mom and Dad there were 15 of us!) . We'd listen to the top 100 songs of the year and at midnight we'd have banana cake and tea!!! I always loved that!