Holidays and Family Traditions: Mr. James Mathews
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Full Length Interview
Home Is Where I Make It Oral History Project: Mathews, James
Interviewees
James Mathews
Timestamp
(25:15-26:46)
Description
“Well, basically I would say that we all try to get together. Say we go down to Connecticut to my son's house and fellowship with his family. My daughter and her family would go down also. And they would come up here And Christmas is usually held over at our house because we seem to have at the moment the largest space and it was easier to get everybody together at our house, where we live now. We go to my daughter's house for Thanksgiving and other special days and fellowship over there and so on, and just generally have a good time. So we travel to the various homes, you know. Since I live in South Portland, my daughter lives in Portland, and my son lives in Connecticut, we're closer together. And then my daughters will come up from either Florida or Norfolk and they'll visit in the summer, or one of my daughters came back home for Christmas. So we do a lot of getting together.”
Date
3-31-2001
Keywords
holidays and family traditions, Black families, Maine
Recommended Citation
Elgersman Lee, Maureen, "Holidays and Family Traditions: Mr. James Mathews" (2001). Series 1: Family - Recordings. 3.
https://digitalcommons.usm.maine.edu/we-exist-exhibit-audio/3
Comments
Age at Time of Interview: 59
Born: 1941 in Portland Maine
Family Status: Married with five children
Duration of Residence in Maine: Lived in Maine all his life. Lived in South Portland for over 26 years.