What Am I Supposed to Eat Today?

So many choices, so few New Year traditions

Maria Shimizu Christensen

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Photo by Kouji Tsuru on Unsplash

I grew up eating nothing special on New Year’s Eve or on the first day of the new year. In fact, we didn’t celebrate New Year’s Eve at all. We might have tuned into a fireworks show on television, but that would have been the extent. I’ve never known why. My parents weren’t big on celebrations of any kind and we always seemed to live…

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Maria Shimizu Christensen

Writer. Maker. Featured in Medium’s 2021 list of Stories That Started Conversations. I write about life. https://www.mariashimizuchristensen.com