A/ N-This chapter is based off of the episode, 'The Engagement', where Charlene and Bill finally got engaged and he took her back to Virginia to meet his very prim and proper Aunt Phobe and mother. At the end of the episode she talked about the traditions of her family so this little ditty will deal with the traditions of the Fraziers vs. Stillfields.
Since the the Fraizers were such a large family, they all woke up early on Sunday morning to get ready for church, momma Fraiser made the one big breakfast-fresh ham that the family slaughtered during the week, scrambled eggs from their own chickens, big old country biscuits and fresh orange juice. To have such a big family breakfast on Sunday morning was a tradition. After they had all finished eating and momma Fraizer and her girls had helped her wash the dishes, they all went to the First Baptist Freedom Rest church and then after church, they all went swimming at the local watering hole if it was summer, if it was fall and winter, they would just bundle up and go walking or hunting or just being together.
Sometimes they would listen to the radio or if they saved their money, they would go to the movies for that week, because it was a a tradition to be together at the end of a long week. And when they got home, Momma would make Sunday supper of fried chicken, rice and gravy with macaroni and cheese and they would join hands and pray. And then they would all get a bowl of vanilla or chocolate ice cream and go out on the porch and listen to the chirping of the crickets...the perfect ending to a family tradition for the week.
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In the Stillfield household on Sunday morning...the traditions were vastly different, each person from Bill to his Aunt Phobe to his father and mother...they woke up and had breakfast in bed..by themselves. Except for Bill's mother and father who just shared a peck on the cheek and Sunday paper. They then put on their less formal clothes and met up in the large den of the house and listened to their own private and special recordings of Orchestra recordings.
They did go to a very large Methodist church in Virginia but the church was so large that they hardly ever saw one another. On the afternoon's of Sundays, they would get together and drive out to the country but there was no talking, just listening to more recordings of music then they would end up at the horse races then when they got home, they would get dressed in formal attaire and just when the servants got finished setting the table, Mrs. Stillfield would go and sit down and admire perfection of the table.
As the evening ended, they would listen to a recording of some classic book, everything from 'Catcher in the Rye', 'Moby Dick', 'Little Women' and some others.
They each said a stiff goodbye then left each other for the night.
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When Charlene and Bill got married they decided to start their own tradition of love.
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