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[quote=Anonymous]OP, I would stay away from the more religious traditions/prayers and do the more fun folk traditions.

Here's what I would do if I wanted to incorporate "cultural Catholic" stuff into my family's life.

Advent wreaths are meant for prayer with the family. I would not include that without the prayer part.   An advent calendar would be fine, though, because it doesn't include the prayers,  the "Yay, Christmas is coming aspects."  (Lego sells some cute ones.) You could also include a Nativity scene as decoration.  There is a lot of lovely religious Christmas music, so include that in your holiday prep.

You might want to put up an ofrenda for Halloween/All Saints Day.  They are a very pretty way to remember deceased family members.

Mardi Gras is the celebration before Lent.  Lent involves giving something up, so people party before it.  Learn about those things and do them.  Ie. "I am giving up Starbucks for Lent and giving the $5 per day that I spend on it to the poor."

For Easter, you could have baskets and an Easter Egg hunt.

There aren't a ton of Catholic holidays in the summer, but May is one of the months that Catholics celebrate Mary.  During Mother's Day, when I was in Catholic school, we always crowned a statute of Mary with roses for Mother's Day.

Some Catholic parishes celebrate pet blessings in the summer or the fall. St. Francis's Day is October 4, and there are also animal blessings on that day.  A parish near where I grew up always had a "blessing of the fleet" in the summer, which involved parading the boast before a priest on a dock or a boat who then blessed each one.  That's pretty fun to watch.

Lots of Catholic parishes have parish picnics in the summer. Those are pretty fun and can involve pretty good ethnic (German, Polish, Mexican, Italian) food. 
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