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I remember my mom before church, she would do the, let me check what you're wearing,

and then she would give me a list of things I'm not allowed to talk about.

You know, don't do fart jokes at mass.

If you do this, I swear to God, you're going to lose a present.

Like she would threaten me before every event.

But few things can ruin a holiday faster than the pressure of having to keep up with tradition.

For Kristen, that meant enduring the annual ritual of her mom's Christmas mass lecture.

And then she would make me wear these stupid white tights that always the crutch would

like fall down and I was always so miserable.

I was in a dress, I like, she just wanted me so badly to be like, this demure little princess

with long curls and a flowy dress.

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