Our crazy family reunion
Holiday Traditions Continue for Our Wild and Crazy Clan By Susan Montgomery Photos by Todd Montgomery
Our four children and their spouses and four grandchildren (ranging in age from 4 years old to 22) arrived mostly via plane. It was wonderful they all made the e ort to go “over the rivers and through the woods” to their far- ung grandparents’ home.
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As family tradition dictates, we savored chili the night before Thanksgiving. Since our family’s taste buds range from “love that spice” to “keep it mild,” we had two pots with di erent levels of spiciness simmering on the stove. We all recall the year that one son made a chili so spicy that it was almost inedible. This year everyone was happy with the chili. (My secret tip for chili: Use both hamburger and Italian sausage.) Thanksgiving morning revived more traditions. We had our usual mildly contentious discussion about what we would watch on TV after the Macy’s
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ost families have holiday traditions they carry on through the years. Our recent Thanksgiving reunion was no exception. After reunions over the last decade or so in Nashville, Memphis, Indianapolis, Connecticut, and South Carolina, this year we all gathered in Southern California where my husband and I live.
