A father tells a story about his deceased wife and the wild traditions they used to have involving alcohol as well as the disapproval his mother-in-law had about their relationship.

A child observes their father’s strange obsession with dressing up the pole in their front yard as they grow up.

A boy is invited to a hogs hunt and dinner party and encounters the quirky members of the host's family.

On a cold winters morning, post World War I, an older couple works on updating their family memory book with the intention of passing it on to the younger generation.

Despite his wife's pleas for him to behave at the annual family reunion, a man finds himself engaging in hand-to-hand combat with his brother-in-law after a few drinks.

A little girl acts out on purpose for the first time when she hacks her family's knives after her father told her not to.

A man reflects on the loneliness of his childhood home, where his family would fervently clean the house every Saturday for guests on Sunday who would never show.

After the death of his grandfather and older brother, a young man brings his girlfriend to Passover Seder where she learns about the family's well-contested Jewish traditions and.

A father contemplates whether he should kiss his son on the lips when saying good night.

In 1988 Germany, a teenaged girl likes to probe her uptight family members for the rich stories they carry from their past. When her aunt—the black sheep of the family—comes to stay with them, the girl is fascinated by her free-spirited persona and the family secrets she may hold.