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Source: Leon Rappoport, Professor Emeritus - Psychology

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You have selected a report on how holiday foods can take us down memory lane, and what our favorite foods say about our lifestyle. The wrap and two sound bites follow in 3,2,1.

WRAP 1: Holiday meals can take us down memory lane

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SUGGESTED LEAD: THERE IS A GOOD CHANCE THAT SOMETIME THIS SEASON, YOU WILL BE SITTING DOWN WITH FAMILY AND FRIENDS TO ENJOY A FESTIVE HOLIDAY MEAL. A K-STATE EXPERT EXPLAINS THAT NOT ONLY WILL THAT MEAL FEED YOUR HUNGER, IT CAN ALSO TAKE YOU ON AN EMOTIONAL TRIP DOWN MEMORY LANE. LANICE THOMON REPORTS. . .

WHEN YOU SIT DOWN TO YOUR HOLIDAY MEAL THIS SEASON OR ENJOY THAT NEW YEAR'S BUFFET, YOU MIGHT POSSIBLY BE TAKING A TRIP INTO THE PAST. LEON RAPPOPORT, PROFESSOR EMERITUS OF PSYCHOLOGY AT K-STATE SAYS WHEN PEOPLE ARE CHILDREN, THEY'RE EXPOSED TO THEIR OWN TRADITIONAL HOLIDAY FOODS. WHEN THEY GROW UP, THOSE SAME FOODS ACT AS A MEDIUM TO RECOLLECT PAST CELEBRATIONS. . .

(Rappoport: "You remember your uncle Charlie who always used to want to eat the turkey bones or drumsticks, whereas your Aunt Tilly only had the breast and that sort of thing. There's a great deal of social and emotional meaning that gets attached to these holiday foods. People almost project a lot of their family traditions onto the food or foods serves as a medium for evoking family kinds of experiences."

LANICE THOMSON, KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY.