Waking up at 2 am to do Black Friday shopping with my mom was always a favorite memory. Our favorite shopping spot? The Best Buy near Woodlawn, Maryland - the same one made famous from the Serial podcast!

Macy's day parade on the television, making my late grandmother's homemade bread recipe, lunch with my family.

Cooking with my Mom is probably my favorite tradition followed closely by eating all of that delicious food.  It's about spending time with family, watching a Christmas movie and eating leftovers for days!

Turkey, my dad's recipe for stuffing, rice cooked in tasty turkey drippings, homemade cranberries, cucumber salad, homemade gravy, hot rolls, lots of great wine, a prayer and then chaos:) And, men napping, women doing dishes and football in the mix.

My family substitutes green chile for gravy, and it makes for the best meal ever. Yumm.

My "tradition" (it only started 2 years ago) is to travel *on* Thanksgiving Day (much cheaper!) and make my friends and family pick me up at the airport.

Even the fact that me and my wife are in Mexico, almost all her family is form the states so we are able to have a nice dinner, sadly we have to do it on sunday... I think that is our

Watching the parade, eating tons of food and watching football with family.