Newsletter chitchat - May 20, 2025

[Cassel]

When I was young, graduations were only for high school and college/university.

When my kids were growing up, they had added grade 8 graduations, mostly because they were changing school.

Now, we have daycare graduations too.

What are the typical "graduation" events in your part of the world?

[Michele]

My daughter's daycare/nursery school also had a kindergarten. At the end of kindergarten, at which point they were leaving the school, there was a graduation ceremony. I remember they sang The Rainbow Connection from the Muppets. She sang it non-stop for weeks. 😁

[Gerry Landreth]

In Miami, anything was an excuse for a party to mark every milestone. The Latin culture is known for its all-out celebrations. A party for graduating from day care would involve 30-40 people, including abuelos, tios, and cousins you didn't know you had.

It would be an all-day affair with a seemingly endless amount of food and drink, and everyone would be dressed in their finest outfits.

It was a pretty amazing experience for a boy from Alabama who grew up with small birthday parties at the park.