Special Occasion Traditions

 

New job. When someone in your family gets a new job, a promotion, or a raise, create a tradition that they take you out for dinner. It doesn’t have to be a fancy or expensive dinner – you can go for pizza or wraps. Just let them enjoy sharing their good fortune with their family members

 

The Tooth Fairy.  The Tooth Fairy dates back to the 1800's.  In Europe, the fallen out teeth are buried and a

reward is only paid when the sixth tooth is buried. 

In Asia the tooth fairy is a mouse because a mouse's teeth continue to grow throughout their life.  Some cultures rather the hide the tooth under a pillow or bury them in the yard they throw them into the air and watch them fall straight to the ground in hopes that the new teeth grow in straight.

As a child I remember hoping the Tooth Fairy's generosity would leave me a dime under my pillow.   By the time I started sitting in for the Tooth Fairy the value of a good baby tooth had risen to a quarter.  A survey in 2011 showed that the average reward for a tooth is now up to $2.60. Chuck

 

Big Fat Indian Weddings In Indian culture, family members gift the bride with gold jewelery heirlooms, which act as insurance against hard times. The custom comes from the idea that gold is eternal and traditionally older people from India would prefer to gather gold than deal with banks or financial institutions, so when a young person gets married they pass their gold on to the younger generation.  If years later the young people need a down-payment for a house or some other large expense they cash in their gold.