1.   Amid the increasing frenzy, how do you get the most out of this family ritual?

2.   As years pass, the numbers decline as each generation starts its own family ritual.

3.   A family ritual both in Shamrock, where I was born, and Devine, where my wife was born, is the cemetery visit.

4.   Children need time for special family rituals and observances.

5.   Family rituals are automatic.

6.   Finding a recipe that becomes a family ritual is worth the price of the book.

7.   Holidays are a natural time to begin family rituals.

8.   If family dinnertime is difficult to schedule, maybe you could have dessert together later in the evening or make weekend brunch a family ritual.

9.   In an East Harlem tenement apartment, two young boys coax their mother into repeating a cherished family ritual, a game of Scrabble that requires elaborate preparation.

10.   It was his suspicion of normal family rituals, ironically, that tripped him up.