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The Book Of New Family Traditions: How To Create Great Rituals For Holidays And Every Day (2012)

by Meg Cox(Favorite Author)

3.68 of 5 Votes: 1

ISBN

0762443189 (ISBN13: 9780762443185)

languge

English

genre

Nonfiction

publisher

Running Press

review 1: It tries to be interdenominational. It has a few Jewish rituals, and Kwanzza, as well as rituals for the big Christian holidays. But for pagans there are rituals for the first day of spring, May Day, Halloween, and the Winter Solstice. It's meant to help families create rituals they can do at home for most of the common American holidays (including Arbor Day and the birthday of A.A. Milne) and lots of ideas for rituals based around common everyday activities (mealtimes, bedtimes, chores), as well as rites of passage (adoption, school, driving).I think it is a great book for pagans with children.
review 2: This book was enjoyable, HOWEVER, be ready to use it as a reference. Skip immediately to a more relevant section if you are getting bored. I tried to push... more through "just in case" there was a gem hidden in the extensive lists of suggestions.Apparently the first edition of this book was hugely popular, and it started out talking about Christmas and other larger holidays. I think I might have liked the 1st edition better. By the time I got desperate enough to skip to the Christmas section, I was getting impatient with all the rituals. I think this would have been a better read if I had taken it easy and just read one section at a time. The ideas are worth looking into, for sure. The blog might be better, though I have not read it yet.I put this in the "chose not to finish" section because I skipped huge parts of it and I didn't even read all of the parts that were relevant to me, like the Christmas part. I may pick up this book at a later time and go straight to the Christmas and birthdays sections. less

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