Festivities like Easter and Christmas were warmly celebrated in the author's mother's family in the 1960s-1970s, with Christmas Eve spent at the grandmother's house and Christmas Day spent at home with extended family and relatives. Birthdays were also given great importance, with special events organized for each person. While the author's grandparents have since passed away, the family still celebrates holidays according to tradition, though in smaller groups now given the larger size of the extended family.