So had Easter dinner with my parents yesterday, which was nice. We had a Polish meal, which has been semi-traditional for quite a few years now. It's interesting because we have no real ethnic "identity", as between my parents we encompass every major European ethnic group there is.
So we tend to seek out those ethnic cultural experiences in pieces, a sort of cafeteria style ethnicity. Which is fine, I think. I've occassionally wished I had some genuine ethnic identity to claim, but there's not much point in faking it. So I've just gathered the bits that are interesting to me along the way.
Really, I think much of ethnic culture comes down to family tradition anyway. And we've always established traditions as a family, either made new or carried over from our own relatives. Oatmeal dressing at Thanksgiving. Pierogi at Easter. "A Child's Christmas in Wales" on X-Day eve. I suppose that is its own ethnicity.
You were a reasonable facsimile to an Irish bloke three weeks ago... I'm beginning to believe your're something of a cultural chameleon.
And there was the time when I could have sworn you were a Napalese woman... pure genius.
Well, with enough Guinness, Irish starts to come naturally. And with a considerable amount more, Nepalese is within reach as well.