One of the things Mae's family did that was based on our heritage was having family reunions, eating some Swedish foods like lute-fisk, lingonberries and rice-potato sausage, (Bosta Casa?) cheesecake, etc. "Most of these we had at Christmas time."
"Christmas Eve, we'd all be at our house and have an exchange of little gifts. Mother would cook LuteFish, potatoes, etc. On Christmas Day, it was always goose and the fixings. Thanksgiving, I presume chicken, since we probably couldn't afford turkey in those days."
"Christmas Eve, we'd all be at our house and have an exchange of little gifts. Mother would cook LuteFish, potatoes, etc. On Christmas Day, it was always goose and the fixings. Thanksgiving, I presume chicken, since we probably couldn't afford turkey in those days."
I love this picture, above, of grandma stealing a piece of turkey while dad and Dave are carving.
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One of mine and my boys May Day or should I say Mae day traditions is to visit Granma's grave( and also Grandpa's, Aunt Jenny and Uncle Howards) We sing "Happy Birthday" and leave some fresh spring flowers or bird seed, since Grandma loved to hear Birds sing. We make it a fun event. I normally laugh and cry at the same time. Jodi
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