\nSome holiday traditions are unforgettable\u2014and for me, one of those was the bowl of mixed nuts that always seemed to appear during the festive season.\n
Growing up, my maternal grandmother would place a big, decorative bowl of them right on the living room coffee table, where they\u2019d stay throughout the holidays. Every time I look back on those memories, it fills me with warmth and nostalgia. \u2764\ufe0f\u2665\ufe0f\n
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The best part?\n My dad was always the first to grab a handful, savoring the mix of almonds, cashews, and walnuts. It was a simple tradition, but it always made the holidays feel special.\n He didn\u2019t seem to care for mixed nuts any other time of the year\u2014just during the holidays, when it felt like everything was a little bit more magical. It made me wonder if those nuts were a rare treat back in the 70s when things like availability and shopping were quite different from what we know today.\n I can still picture him sitting on the couch, happily munching on them while the Christmas tree twinkled in the background. Now, every holiday season, I continue the tradition by buying a small bag of mixed nuts in his honor. It\u2019s a small thing, but it brings me joy and keeps his memory alive. \ud83c\udf84\u2728\n Sometimes, it\u2019s these little rituals\u2014things we do year after year\u2014that carry the most meaning. What are some of your own holiday traditions that bring back fond memories? \ud83e\udd5c\ud83c\udf81\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" A Holiday Tradition: The Warmth of Mixed Nuts and Nostalgic Memories \ud83e\udd5c\ud83c\udf84 Some holiday traditions are unforgettable\u2014and for me, one of those was the bowl of mixed nuts that always seemed to appear during the festive season. Growing up, my maternal grandmother would place a big, decorative bowl of them right on the living room\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":103673,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"none","_seopress_titles_title":"","_seopress_titles_desc":"","_seopress_robots_index":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[670],"tags":[693],"class_list":{"0":"post-103670","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-news","8":"tag-news"},"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/justmetalking.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/nuts-xmas.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/justmetalking.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/103670","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/justmetalking.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/justmetalking.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/justmetalking.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/justmetalking.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=103670"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/justmetalking.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/103670\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":103674,"href":"https:\/\/justmetalking.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/103670\/revisions\/103674"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/justmetalking.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/103673"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/justmetalking.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=103670"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/justmetalking.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=103670"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/justmetalking.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=103670"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}