Can I bring back tradition

Question

I come from a big Italian family. we have never been particulary traditional, but i want my wedding to have traditional aspects, such as almonds, and lots of food courses, wine, and sangria, breaking the glass. My fiance's family is jewish and we will be incorparating that as well. is it weird to try and bring in my herritage when the rest of my family doesnt care? i want my future children to know that my nana came from sicily, and pass down those recipes, and know their roots as well as my fiances family herritage. but it seems like I am creating new tradition from old traditions we never partook in...does this mae sense? thoughts

Answer 1

Yes, I am all for tradition.  You go girl.  Have a great wedding.  I come from a big Italian family too.  You should go all out and be proud of your heritage which I am sure you all.  Congratulations on your upcoming nuptuals.  Think of it as your wedding theme.

Answer 2

Absolutly!  Talk to grandparents and older relatives.  they will probably love telling you stories of what they did.  

Answer 3

Of course you can! It will be wonderful to do whatever you can to reinstate parts of your heritage at your wedding - then for your family, should you have one.

Answer 4

it makes a lot of sense, and while you are incorporating both Italian and Jewish traditions, try to make them your own and something to look forward to each year.

Answer 5

Tradition is a wonderful thing. It is also a changing thing. People look for links to their past. They look for things to pass on to the future. People in newer countries like America, are in the middle of a mix of tradition and also a loss of tradition at the same time. Newer traditions emerge, and as America is quite an individualistic-minded place, uniqueness plays a large role in the wedding.

Theres nothing wrong with what you want to do! It has meaning to you. You have reasons for wanting this.

What I find a little ignorant and silly is when people adopt traditions that arent theirs and they know nothing about... for example when people have "Asian" weddings and use Chinese script that they cant even read, obviously they havent done any homework. But what you want to do, I say go for it and make your wedding meaningful to you!

Answer 6

I think it's great that you want to bring that tradition back, especially to your wedding day. In the end, if it is what you want to do, do it. It is your wedding. Do what you want. If it is meaningful and important to you and your fiance, that is all that matters. Congrats on the wedding!

Answer 7

YOU are the bride and the only thing that makes sense is what you want! So what if you don't normally partake in sicilian traditions, its never to late to try. I'm sure his family will want traditional jewish elements. I'm sure what ever you pick will be beautiful and you will be too. Congratulations!!!!