New Family Tradition Gifts

Mom - There's Nothing To Do.

"It's a Bermudez New Year's tradition! While adults reflect peacefully on the previous 12 months...the children clean the entire house."

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

"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."

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

"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'!'

"Having a cat will prepare us for having a teenager one day."

Same sex families - it's about love, not sex, after all...

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

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

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

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

Johnny departs from the Family Banjo Tradition.

"Can you tell me the story again about how you swiped right on Dad?"

"The Flying Wallendas at home"

"My dad was really good at showing me how to throw poo. He was just never any good at explaining exactly why I should be throwing it."

'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.'

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

"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?'

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

Lore and legend of the Pennypackers

Mythical Family of Four

'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!'

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

Christening

"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.'"

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

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."