One year I went to Christmas mass with my friends' family at their Pentacostal church

it was cool because everyone was white

We used to open one present on Christmas Eve with my Italian cousins so that makes sense with the whole catholic thing

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^fascinating

how far do people actually pass stuff down that has to do with their particular ethnicity?

no idea

@Jacob Probably not very many.

Our culture has divorced itself from values.

it's kinda funny when they pass stuff down but they pass it down wrong

Like my parents couldn’t explain why we have a tree in the living room for Jesus. “Idk just eat your dinner”

at church when I was younger we were going around in a circle saying what we do for Christmas and this girl said she has a traditional Polish Christmas dinner

I thought it was funny, because there's no such thing. There's a fancy Christmas Eve dinner, but Christmas is just church stuff.

Then everyone looked at me weird for saying that my family goes to church and then just kinda goes about our day.

@VinceChaos oh I can't explain that either

Long story short bc we’re european

It doesn’t have anything to do with Jesus. It’s our traditions as Europeans. It’s totally fine that we’ve adapted our traditions to our beliefs

Our parents have no sense of themselves. My dad was trying to explain American politics to a Kurd last night at a party

Just trying to say “oh just find the right person for the job don’t worry about identity” trying to describe centrism really

Right after this kid had told me London is too international to experience English culture there. The kid gets it my dad doesn’t it

Merry Christmas Eve & Happy Yule fam!🎄
We drove down again to see & spend time with our daughter,it's the 1st Christmas she hasn't been able to come home. So we have been enjoying ourselves. Will drive back home in a lil while. We're Happy to spend it with her!😁❤🎄

ohayo gozaimasu, IE-chat.
Merry Christmas Eve

@Grayson https://i.imgtc.com/dUC7zgO.jpg I prefer yours...

Buon Natale i miei fratelli e sorelle

@Rabbidsith 😂 thanks bud!! It kind of looks like one of mine 😉

@VinceChaos Buon Natale e Felice Anno Nuovo anche a te! Tanti auguri.

Just went to a lovely Christmas Eve Church service in Haddenfield, New Jersey in a nearly all-white church. I'm in Cherry Hill, New Jersey visiting my 89-year-old grandmother. Despite using a walker, she's still glowing with health.

Cherry Hill is a lovely suburb of Philadelphia in South Jersey. Many houses for sale here. That's for all you IE newlyweds looking for a nice neighborhood with good schools.

Merry Christmas everyone hope your night is very wholesome

I’m made @duke1998 help me with a gingerbread house

Tanti Auguri @Grayson !

@Hakujin - CA pretty sure I’ve driven through there going to the shore a few years back. Can confirm very quaint

Actually my friend lived in town over Haddonfield. Nice area

It's very peaceful and family-friendly. Has the best schools in the state. My grandmother is planning on writing her house into her will so it stays in the family. @VinceChaos

We need to will our fortunes to our children but be certain we teach them wisely. We should all be so fortunate as to leave an inheritance to our grandchildren.

Families have been ruined by degeneracy.

Just read the above...Cherry Hill is very nice, but the Arabs at swiftly "blending" in to the area.

Really nice to hear there are homes there @Hakujin - CA

@Hakujin - CA Wait, who would the house have gone to otherwise?

>tfw my dad had the opportunity to inherit his childhood home but decided to burn bridges instead

Geez

His official reason was that he believes in working for stuff yourself

Me too...but you don't create multigenerational wealth like that...not very often.