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When extended families navigate mixed beliefs during religious holidays

Our extended family used to all gather for religious holidays but now half the cousins have left the faith and the other half think they're going to hell and every gathering is this weird performance where we pretend everything is fine. We're planning this year's celebration and nobody knows how to make it work for everyone anymore.

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More people experience this than they realize.

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Holiday traditions become battlegrounds where love and doctrine compete for the family soul.

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