During the break, some of my family and I took the traditional trip to visit my oma (grandmother in German) for Thanksgiving. It's an interesting holiday for me in that we take both my Japanese and German influences. Rather than simply having turkey, mashed potato and gravy, etc., we have sushi and apple strudel as part of the feast also.
Also, since my oma is Catholic, another important part of this is the dinner prayer. It's funny though that every year, however, my relatives and family friends bicker over who should be the person to say it (because no one wants to do it!). I find it also amusing that among our group, we have some who are religious, but some who are atheists as well. Because everyone is close, conversation, including the topic of religion as well, is usually filled with humor and not with serious arguments like some of the readings we have had!
I have found that I have traditional and cultural influences mixed in the a holiday celebration that is probably different from many others. What is culture exactly and how does religion become intregrated in this? On looking back to my break I ask myself : What is my own culture exactly? It seems to me that culture is usually defined to a society as a whole, but not usually on an individual basis like I would think for myself. Just some random thoughts I had : D.
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