Traditions!

What is your event REALLY about?

What are your traditions?

I don’t know about you, but when I throw a party or have an event, it’s about sharing what I love and showing my guests how much they mean to me. Making them happy makes me happy.

You know how traditions start, right? Somebody does something, and then, for whatever reason, another person does it, and it starts taking on a life of its own.

Before you know it, the “Roast Syndrome” sets in.

What is the “Roast Syndrome”?

A boy was helping with the holiday meal. He watched his Dad cut off a good 2” chunk off of the roast and put it aside.

“Why’d you do that?” the boy asked, puzzled. “Well, that’s how Grandma always does it,” his Dad answered “But why does she do it?,” the boy asked.

“Huh. That’s a great question, son. Let’s give her a call right now and ask.” So he called his mother.

She said she did it because their roasting pan was very small to fit in the tiny oven in their first home!

Lesson learned. Nowadays I always ask whose tradition it is. Sometimes I have to ask why it’s a tradition.

Your Traditions

Sometimes it’s what we eat–for example, what is the dish that your family traditionally eats to bring luck for the New Year? Ours was stuffed cabbage, here in the U.S. South, Hoppin’ John is a thing.

Soba Noodles are ‘it’ in Japan, and for many other countries, it’s carp or another fish.

Some traditions are all about the kind of clothing you wear (or don’t wear, for that matter!) for special celebrations.

Maybe it’s how you were taught to speak to your elders, a way to address them to show respect.

For example, ‘Ma’am’ and ‘Sir’ in the U.S. South are ostensibly an indication that you come from a good family.

Some of the ways we’ve incorporated our clients’ traditions are by discussing what matters most to them and why.

Sometimes it’s all about making every. single. element. unique. We can do that.

Maybe you want to give your guests a special message. Cirque du Soleil hired us give their VIP opening night guests Lip Print Analysis with a brief verbal message. What were they told? That they would “find the rest of their destiny under the Big Top!”

There are so many personal touches you can add to your event to make it about you.

How about sharing fortune cookies that not only give your guests the fortune you created especially for them, but also thank them for coming?!

Traditions!

What are your traditions?

What is the “Roast Syndrome”?

Your Traditions

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