'My parents made every effort to show me that both [of my] identities could exist side by side.'
because they both attended Catholic schools. However, their celebrations then were smaller in scale as compared to the celebration in the U.S. Their Christmas traditions eventually evolved when they immigrated to the United States, but evolved even more so after I was born. They both wanted me to experience the
and never wanted me to feel more isolated from our community than we already were. They never wanted me to feel like I was unable to participate in the holiday festivities and activities at school because of our religious beliefs.I never questioned the reasoning behind their decision when I was young; I enjoyed frosting holiday cookies and sneaking around the house Christmas Eve to catch a glimpse of Santa in action.
The thing that I've come to understand about the holiday season is that it's an opportunity for us to see that we all have more commonalities than we do differences — we all take this time to reflect over the past year and appreciate the important people in our lives that stick with us through the good, the bad, and the ugly.
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