My household was a minor affair, we had little candles in the shape of the WTC on the dining room table. We would thank George Bush for the Patriot Act and then light the candles. We had to be good, because George Bush was always watching us with the Patriot Act, but if we were good, we’d get little pilot’s wings pins.
The rich kids in my neighborhood had more elaborate plans. They had full on model WTC towers. If they were good, there would be RC planes under the towers on 9/11 morning. They were always showing me the cool videos when they destroyed the towers.
Growing up Jewish was hard. I’d see the beautiful 9/11 towers at my friends houses and then they’d come to my house and I’d have to explain what the six day war candles meant
You know “George Bush” is just your mom and dad, right?
We used to get natural towers every year, but in more recent years we just got a nice plastic set from home depot and store them in the attic.
As I mentioned in the other thread, we get a pair of 9/11 trees every year. The kids make paper people that they decorate and hang as ornaments. Then, on 9/11, we burn the trees down using thermite to symbolize the jet fuel that melted the steel beams.
My local pub had special commemorative drinks that game in a shot glass, layered red, white, and blue. You had to drink it pretty fast though or else it would turn into a brown sludge. Unfortunately it burned down and a couple of kids died.
