The Book of New Family Traditions: How to Create Great Rituals for Holidays & Everydays
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Book Description
Overcoat Day. Welcome Summer Party. Monthly Pizza Blast. Bus Stop Party. These are just some of the enjoyable and inventive new traditions you 'll find in The Book of New Family Traditions. Life isn't like it used to be, and we need to invent new traditions for today's families. Meg Cox guides you through the simple steps that help families fully cherish all of those special moments and milestones, help heal the wounds of trauma and loss, and strengthen that indomitable spirit of identity within a family. With The Book of New Family Traditions, your family can create the kind of celebrations that lead to everlasting happy memories. When author Meg Cox became a mother in 1994, she started a personal quest to find inspiring, contemporary family rituals. She sought rituals that were simple but profound, practical and yet lots of fun. Using her skills as a journalist, she spent more than three years interviewing diverse families all over the country and compiling a collection of inventive new traditions. In this book you'll find fresh ways of commemorating established holidays like Thanksgiving and July 4, Passover and Easter, Christmas, Hanukkah, and Kwanzaa. You will also find original observances for birthdays, bedtime and dinnertime, not to mention a whole compendium of unexpected traditions: sports rituals, pet rituals, homework rituals, vacation rituals and family meetings, among others. The Book of New Family Traditions provides a wealth of fun, easy and creative new celebrations for your family for every occasion.
About the Author
Meg Cox is a journalist, author and expert in family traditions. A former reporter for the Wall Street Journal, she has interviewed everyone from Rupert Murdoch to Queen Latifah. Cox is the author of The Heart of a Family: Searching America for New Traditions that Fulfill Us (Random House, 1998). She writes for a wide range of magazines including Family Fun, Good Housekeeping, Parents, Cooking Light and Worth, and her corporate clients have included Pillsbury, Hallmark, and Merck & Co. Cox lectures frequently and writes a monthly newsletter on family rituals. She currently lives in Princeton, New Jersey, with her husband and son.
The Book of New Family Traditions: How to Create Great Rituals for Holidays & Everydays,Meg Cox,Sarah McMenemy,Running Press Book Publishers,0762414421,Activities,Family,Family & Relationships,Family / Parenting / Childbirth,Family festivals,Family/Marriage,General,Holidays,Rites and ceremonies,United States
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