[Sundae]

I am a product of my country's history, my family's history and my own personal history.

I will celebrate the culture in which I was raised and I consider myself lucky in that it was the culture my parents were raised in and that my grandparents were raised in. Before that generation the countries were different but the cultures were at least similar.

If other people want to celebrate the cultures in their history, then I wish them the pleasure of it. However I would like to continue to enjoy the things that I celebrated in childhood as well as what they celebrated, especially if their childhood was in a different country/ culture. My mantra would probably be, "Don't step on my festivals and cultural icons as I have no intention of stepping on yours," except being a Brit I'd probably add, "if you don't mind." And soddit, I am proud I was raised with manners.