This weekend the Montreal Alouettes face the Edmonton Eskimos in Vancouver for the Grey Cup. Being a Montreal fan for about 40 years I am naturally picking them to win. Anyone else out there interested ?

I and a few friends have been getting together for about 30 years at Grey Cup and enjoying a little fun. It has become a ritual that brings old friends together and maintains ties that we've shared since childhood. Nowadays we spend the weekend at a cottage living a beer commercial; drinking beer, having barbecues, playing poker and playing a little touch football.

Does anyone else maintain similar ties and rituals?