Share your family holiday traditions with us

Perhaps it’s not Christmas without your grandmother’s cannoli. Or, your family has a bread pudding recipe that was passed down through the generations. Instead of turkey or ham for Christmas dinner, maybe you have a Mexican feast of tamales.

For many people Christmas, Hanukkah or Kwanza are the perfect time to celebrate their heritage with a recipe or a meal that has become a family tradition. Whether it is a simple dessert or a lavish five-course meal, we’d like to hear about it.

Send us a note to tell us about your tradition and what it means to you and your family for a story we’re planning to write in December. Please send a letter of 500 words or less to: Holiday Food Traditions, Features Department, The Spokesman-Review, P.O. Box 2160, Spokane, WA 99210, fax to 459-5098 or e-mail lorieh@spokesman.com. Be sure to include a daytime phone number.