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family tradition
shared family custom
A custom that family members regularly follow together.
This vs that
Making a cake together is a family tradition.
Lighting lanterns is a local custom.
Hear it in real life
Why do you always go there on Christmas Eve?
It's a family tradition. My parents started it when I was little.
Making dumplings together is a family tradition we have kept for years.
Which sounds natural?
Psst — which one would you actually say?
The native phrase is concise and natural when explaining a repeated family custom.
The mistake everyone makes
Not: It is a family tradition to gathering together at New Year.
Say: It is a family tradition to gather together at New Year.
Use the infinitive 'to gather' after 'it is a tradition to'.
Say it together
Whole chunks natives use with it.
it's a family tradition to ___
It's a family tradition to have breakfast together on Christmas morning.
It's a family tradition to visit my grandparents on the first day of the New Year.
Phrases to borrow
More for talking about family.
be close to ___
I'm very close to my older sister.
come from a ___ family
I come from a fairly large family.
Family words
People and relationships · Family: the words around “family tradition”.
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Your turn: say it out loud
It's a family tradition.
Say it out loud two or three times, until it feels like yours.
family tradition
shared family custom
“Making dumplings together is a family tradition we have kept for years.”
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