Share your cherished traditions

Do you remember the excitement of lighting the eighth menorah candle; listening for reindeer hooves on the roof; being allowed to stay up to watch the ball drop on New Year’s Eve; celebrating the seven principles of Kwanzaa; offering food and chanting the Buddha’s teachings?

Does your family have a special holiday or festival tradition that helps mark the holiday and ties generations together?

Tell us about the traditions that bring back cherished memories of days gone by or that your family has created for the special times of the year. Along with your stories, we welcome photographs of these times.

Greater Media Newspapers will compile these heartwarming stories and images in a special edition on Dec. 19 to share the stories that illuminate our diverse heritage and common yearning for peace and goodwill.

Send stories and images to [email protected]; or send mail to Jessica D’Amico, Greater Media Newspapers, 198 Route 9N, Suite 100, Manalapan, NJ 07726.