Family Tradition Breaker Gifts

Johnny departs from the Family Banjo Tradition.

'Please don't be hurt, Dad, but I've decided to go into gathering instead of hunting.'

It isn't widely known that Michelangelo was the first in a long line of cartoonists to buck the family tradition.

"Your college student, home for the holidays, waits until dinner to announce that he is now a vegan. . ."

"O young, naive one...you must know the golden rule of the kitchen. To avoid the mother of all disrespects...never criticize the cooking of a family elder."

"Gracie, today I'm teaching you a Bermudez family tradition...passed down from generation to generation! Vamonos! Out! Now!"

"Take the off this minute, young lady."

"When I was young, we personally prepared all the food for each and every meal!"

'He spoke his first words today Serge - 'ello. . . ello. . . ello'!'

'Let's open presents Christmas Eve AND morning. That way Christmas lasts for TWO days.'

'Oh yeah? Well, to hell with tradition. We're building a snow woman!'

"One day you can participate in Take Our Daughters and Sons to Work Day as a parent."

"I couldn't have made my family recipe raisin date nut cake with it's secret ingredient without Jimmy's help."

"The Flying Wallendas at home"

'Gentlemen, we make money the old-fashioned way, and it's got to STOP!'

'My father carried this sign before me, as did his father before him.'

Tyler missed the old days before his parents used behavioral tracking software.

'I'm so glad this bedtime story comes in audio.'

"First destination: the recycling center to get rid of these cans."

"I love spending time together as a family. It brings us together. It makes us stronger. It helps us understand each other."

"It was our grandmother's wedding dress—we had her exhumed so you could wear it."

Lore and legend of the Pennypackers

"I'm pretty sure your grandma's secret apple pie recipe is not considered an unauthorized classified document."

'Are you on any medication other than your Grandma's chicken soup?'

'What do you mean, you don't want to dry grapes in the sun for dessert wines, like your father? He's a big success--and only 32!'

"Tell me again why we couldn't get an Easter bunny."

The family tradition lives on: I won the Long Jump and the Triple Jump events...

"I can tell you that's not the version of Uncle Sam that I grew up with."

"Thank you for coming with me. This is a sacred family tradition."

Christening

'Let's see what Santa has in his sack for a little boy or girl...'

"Dad...how do you know when to stop?"

No right to wear white.

What do you mean you don't want a nose ring?

"When I moved here after your mother passed... The first thing I did was make this altar...so I could pray for her. But your father said, 'Just no photos.'"