Because my family lives so close together, it's tradition to have Sunday supper at my grandparents' house after church. My grandma usually spends all day cooking fried chicken, corn bread, sweet potatoes, okra and pecan pie for the family. It's usually not too big of a gathering; it's just for the family nearby and every once in a while my uncle and cousins will come up from Georgia. I really don't have a huge family. My mom is from up north so her brother and his family is in Illinois so we don't get to see them much. My mom's parents both have passed away so the family is composed of my dad's side of the family. My dad has one brother and one sister and they both have families but his brother lives in Georgia. Though these Sunday get togethers don't have alot of people attending, my grandma still prides herself in cooking a feast.
Christmas is different; we have more people over, not just the immediate family. This includes my step-uncle's family and my grandmother's sister and her husband. We usually have two get togethers, one on Christmas Eve and one on Christmas day. It's tradition to go to my grandmother's house on Christmas Eve and. She, like always, cooks a feast and allows each child to open one gift. It is also my grandma's birthday on Christmas Eve so she opens her gifts then (She still insists on cooking even on her birthday). Then, on Christmas day, my family gets up and opens presents and we go down to my aunt's house for breakfast.
These get togethers definitely represent the importance of family in Southern culture. These meals are traditions in my family and it is expected that the whole family will be there. However, unlike "Drawing Names," my family is really close. It is a time for the whole family to enjoy each other's company and some good southern cooking.
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