I like this weekend.
The one right after Thanksgiving. It’s the beginning of the lovely holiday season and in our household December also includes birthdays.
Thanksgiving weekend means the Christmas tree goes up and it’s rivalry weekend in football.
Ohio State plays Michigan!
So it’s a thrilling as well as tense weekend.
But it’s tradition. And traditions are important.
We kind of live in a post modern society where we seem to be annoyed at our American traditions while defending “newcomer” traditions.
I like newcomers and I like that we embrace a lot of cultural variety in our nation, but it’s important to keep the traditions that have made us a free and great society.
Like college football. Like conference rivalries.
Like putting up the Christmas tree on Thanksgiving weekend.
Being a family of two with no children, it’s easy to let schedules and traditions slip.
We make sure to eat dinner together. Yea, even that would be easy to handle individually.
“Eat when you want.”
When I’m on deadline that might happen but I usually take a break and fix dinner. 😉
Individual traditions, family, community and country traditions are a part of what makes people one.
A common faith.
Much of our country was founded and molded by the Christian faith. Universities founded. Laws written.
Even Indiana, the Hoosier state, is thought to be named after a freed slave who was an anointed preacher, Harry Hoosier.
Back to college football. The Big Ten has always played the Pac Twelve in the Rose Bowl.
But now that’s changing because someone wanted a “true” national champion.
Bowls can pick the teams they want to play in their end of the year extravaganza.
Tradition!
I can relate to Tevye from Fiddler On The Roof. “What about tradition?”
But life changes, things evolve.
New generations come along who want a chance to make their traditions. Hopefully building on the old.
It’s a tough balance between tradition and change.
What about you? Do you like traditions? Or are you always looking for change?
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