Almost every family has some form of “family tradition,” even if they don’t call it that. Some have Taco Tuesday every week without fail, while others meet Grandma for brunch every Sunday after church. Jennifer Langford and her husband have taken a photo of their son sitting in his first Easter basket every year since that first Easter celebration.
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The video begins with the Dad helping a strapping 16-year-old Josh gently climb into the oversized basket. After they get him situated and he poses, smiling, with legs crisscrossed, the picture is snapped. The video cuts to a montage, beginning with Year One and progressing through Easter basket photos from past years.
Age five was the last year he fit in the basket. After that, you can see where he just kept growing and getting more legs and arms than the basket would contain. If the basket holds out, it will be something he can do with his children. As an only child, it offers a unique opportunity to carry on this tradition.
After 16 years, the basket has become a member of the family. It has even made an appearance on the TV cartoon series Family Guy. Josh might be tiring of it and has expressed some misgivings about the basket.
Their son is 16, but there are 17 images in the video. One fan stated, “I wish he had a Goth phase” in the comments of the original montage. Jennifer was happy to insert an edited photo into the video version above. She was hesitant about the authenticity of the image, but eventually admitted it was entirely fictitious. Josh can have fun explaining the goth phase that never happened.
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