Her mother, Rhonda, remembers when Memorial Day was a smaller occasion.
Back then, before such people concealed their prominence, it was not unusual to dress up even for small occasions such as this one.
("A prig is one who delights in demonstrating his superiority on small occasions," the critic Dwight Macdonald once explained, "and it is precisely when he has a good case that he rises to the depths of prigocity").
Start with small occasions within your friend's comfort zone (like your classroom projects, street carnivals, church gatherings, etc), and work to broaden that perspective.
The coherence of such a style is not a small occasion.
Every small occasion was a celebration and his parties were larger than life.
For Mr. Burns, who worked in ticketing for Cantor Fitzgerald, there was no such thing as a small occasion.
And this is how Özil has been cast by some: a man for the small occasion, the blunt end, those moments where the going gets smooth.
My cousin told me she only really wanted a small occasion for her nearest and dearest and didn't want her husband paying the wedding off for years, as is often the case.
