Ever since I can remember, my family would always make tamales for Christmas and we would share them with our friends. This is something that is part of …show more content…
It is important to my family because it might be the only time when we get together as a family. Making tamales might have a different meaning to different Hispanic families that follow the tradition of making tamales for the festivities mentioned before. This tradition is important to Hispanics because it is one of the things that let us stay in-touch with our heritage and show us what culture we are apart of. The same thing applies to my family because I know that my parents miss being in Mexico with their families, and they wish to pass down this tradition to us, so that we know our heritage and so that we can know our culture. I know that it means everything to my parents that we follow their traditions, but we choose to follow them because we enjoy the traditions that they share with