Traditions and everyday life in USAFestivals, family customs, favourite places and everyday traditions, written by members of Global Penfriends who live in USA. Each cultural keepsake is a short note about life where they are.
4,770 keepsakes from USA (1,387 traditions and culture, 3,383 personal) · page 63 of 159Moments from members' own lives: family traditions, favourite places, hobbies and memories, some from other countries they love.
I live in the largest city in Alaska and still regularly have bears and moose in my front yard. Here are a mother and baby moose in my yard last winter eating my Halloween pumpkins and crab apple tree. The love pumpkins! People…
Shared by TeklanikaSunrise
Future Farmers of America!! I have been a horticulturalist for the past three years and it comes with being involved in FFA. FFA is like my second home, I love all of my chapter members and the people I’ve met. I’m going to…
Shared by mitskisemotionalbaggage
My family doesn’t really do it but I do! I have a jar and you’re supposed to write something on a paper when something is good, or makes you happy. I also have a jar that you’re supposed to put bad things that happen. If good…
Shared by luckiestlover
I am a piano/voice teacher at a music school and 2-3 times a year, we do a showcase at our music venue. The students get to play on a real stage and get to show off what they have learned. It warms my heart when I see my students…
Shared by Mooflower
I love going to the beach with my family/friends. Listening to the waves and playing in the water is therapeutic for me, I also enjoy playing volleyball with my friends when we go to the beach. We usually go to the beach to…
Shared by sharkluvr2
For the past 20 some years I have hosted a tie-dye party in my front yard for friends and neighbors. I supply the dye and they bring a t-shirt or socks or something to dye in bright colors. The Kids always have fun and I love to…
Shared by Sunspot
A hand-carved wooden figurine or sculpture, often made from local mahogany or cedar wood. These carvings typically depict iconic Jamiacan symbols, such as the island's floara and fauna, cultural figures, or Rastafarian imagery…
Shared by Lashayen
Every year mi familia celebrates Día de Muertos. We celebrate by building an ofrenda, like the one in this image, and honoring the lives of our loved ones. This tradition lets us honor and cherish the memories of loved ones who…
Shared by DMej
Every summer, instead of going to a local beach, my family always plans one trip to go up north to a beach on Lake Ontario. The rides are always long and boring, but finally reaching the beach and feeling the sand on my feet with…
Shared by Cn1dxria
Whenever I go to sleep, I have a tradition where I have to play a specific playlist while I sleep. The playlist depends on the day of the week, as well as upcoming holidays. I don't know why I do this, but I know if I don't that…
Shared by elfsyndrome
In American high schools, we have football games on Fridays during the football season (fall). There is usually a theme that you can dress up as (for example, neon). The name "friday night lights" (often shortened to "fnl") comes…
Shared by abigailgwhitney
A special day to highlight the passage of transitioning from girlhood to womanhood. With the traditional quince dress being the main attraction from variating of many styles, colors, and fabrics. Typically done once the girl…
Shared by btimyfboa
This is a huge past time for my friends and I back in California. Sometimes we would go before school at 6 AM, or sometimes we try to catch sunset and are there till 7 PM. Some of the most amazing times is when bioluminescence…
Shared by MegaLee
My family like to go to this Mexican Restaurant in our city from birthdays I always get something different because I enjoy trying different dishes from my culture. This plate was actually really good!! The drink shown in the…
Shared by GigiMart
This is a view of the river that runs through my town. It is a river that flows through several states but is named after the one where I live. Lots of people go boating and swimming during the summer and there is a park nearby…
Shared by Petitelapine23
Every year the local fire department for my hometown throws a large pancake breakfast inside the firehouse. There's large griddles with countless pancakes and sausages. Families all gather so friends young and old catch up while…
Shared by KP17
The dam is a place that my family would always go to all year round. Even when things got bad the dam was our place to connect with nature as a family. We have wandered the woods, getting lost but we had each other. Jumping off…
Shared by Lolabean1903
i’ve never really gone to football games for my school until this year. I reconnected with an old friend from elementary school and I started hanging out with her more and I started going to the football games. While I don’t…
Shared by EagleEye1
I like to paint and listen to music alone listening closely to the guitar or other instruments. I sit down and listen closely sometimes I cry because it’s so beautiful. My family says that I was a music baby. I have very indie…
Shared by Cami_exits
I sing in both my school and church choirs. Almost every school offers a choir elective in America and it's a very personal way we connect to music because your body is the instrument. It's fun and I've learned a whole lot about…
Shared by SheilaRose
I like to play table top RPGs. I like to create a character and sit around the table or online with friends as we go on a adventure together. Fighting foes and slaying dragons has more laughs than you could imagine. It also…
Shared by Des2338
Usually in late spring or during the summer. My family and sometimes friends will go to a local flower farm. You get to cut as many flowers as you can fit in a bucket. Usually stopping some place nearby to get lunch. They taking…
Shared by Keni1918
I love nature scenery, so I like watching Our Planet on Netflix (nature documentary). I also LOVE STARBUCKS ESPECIALLY STRAWBERRY AÇAÍ ?! I also hate squirrels because they always eat off of our bird feeder, stealing all the food…
Shared by esthersoup
I enjoy exploring my surroundings. From walking in the squares and parks of downtown Savannah, enjoying sunsets over the marsh or a leisurely hike in the countryside. The pace is slow here, the people friendly and beauty can be…
Shared by Zoe Alleyne
It is a huge Upstate NY Apple Orchard. Where they have food, drinks, pre-picked apples, a kid's play area, a corn maze, and so many rows and rows of apples you take a wagon out to pick. We take all downstate and out-of-state…
Shared by ShawFam
a perk of living on the outskirts of town, is having easy access to more popular places. My school always has field trips to places like NYC, or in this case, dorney park. field trips like these are a big part of how i make, and…
Shared by Cydney Smith
The Puerto Rican Parade is a day in the summer when Puerto Rican’s celebrate our history and being Puerto Rican. We have a big parade, with food, singers, dancers, floats, a car show, fireworks, and listening to our favorite…
Shared by Kawaii_bunny;3
As a Pentecostal, a vigilia ,or in english vigil, is a service that is held all night. Vigilias usually start at 10 pm and end close to 2 in the morning. There is worship, a sermon, more worship and of course altar call. A…
Shared by SammyAle
My show choir does this every year around Christmas time, we put all of our names into a bowl and everyone pulls a name out and keeps it a secret, whoever you pull out is the person you have to get a present for. Then we have a…
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