New Family Traditions Gifts

"Mother's deviling the Easter eggs. Is that sacrilegious?"

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

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

"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'!'

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

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

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

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

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

"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."

"The Flying Wallendas at home"

'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.'

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

Lore and legend of the Pennypackers

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

Mythical Family of Four

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

"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.'"

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

Christening

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

"It's not fair, mum. He just waits for me to finish, and then just says 'Ditto'."

"Son, once your grandma wore these shoes. I wore them after her, and now I will give them to you because I think they fit your dresses perfectly."

"I found my great aunt Irma's delicioso roast turkey recipe!"

"Mom does this for everyone's birthday, if you don't applaud, no dessert for a week."

"You just wait until your other mother gets home, young man!"

'The first one didn't work. I need another goodnight kiss.'

'It's my first Thanksgiving!'

Important dates in Latino history: Seven years ago, the empanada was invented.