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Originally Posted by Anika.
historical and cultural costumes only...... 
My kids last school had that policy, they had a cultural day instead. And had an outdoor track day on halloween, it's usually snowing by then.. good idea. I think it is silly personally, and it is part of our culture.
While there is nothing wrong with cultural day, I do feel bad for the kids that have no traditional cultural clothing, a lot of us are very mixed breeds far removed from any tradition for generations. I don't know if I am supposed to send my kids in Canadian clothes on those days, jeans.. t-shirt and hoodie.  |
I thought traditional Canadian clothes was flannel shirts, work boots, jeans, and those hats with ear flaps.
(J/k! J/k!!! *hides*)
I am pretty connected to my cultural origin. On my mom's side, my grandpa's parents were immigrants from Italy and my grandma's grandparents (who raised her as her parents) were also immigrants from Italy. On my dad's side my grandpa's parents were immigrants from Italy, but his mom's family was a mix of Irish, Scottish, and Native American (very small amount, Black Foot tribe from Montana.) And my dad didn't grow up with his mom and really didn't know her, but was close to his aunt... who married and Italian... so... you can probably guess which heritage I was raised with.
But, I don't feel I'm really passing that on to my kids the way my mom passed it on to me. But I think a big part of that is I feel totally disconnected from my family now. My mom's familiy used to be really close and now I am pushed out. It's hard... I did teach my husband to make pizza, though. He makes awesome pizza.