"Mom shares after-Christmas tradition in viral video".
Here we are at the after-Christmas news. I wondered what a tradition is. Mirriam's definition: customs or beliefs from generation to generation, or the fact of being passed on in this way.
Here we are in the "now" and tradition has moved beyond an inherited pattern, action or behaviour. It is a repeated one that gets viral reactions. I am expecting that's what might be the case. What is this mom's tradition that Yahoo headlined?
“Such a simple tradition but I LOVE it. Before we put the kids’ stockings away each year, we have them write (or we do it for them) a little note about top moments from that Christmas,” she explained in the caption. “Favorite gift to give, favorite gift to get, memorable moments. (The grown ups do it too!) Then we tuck them into the stockings and store for the year. Putting up stockings is so sweet because we get to read back about previous Christmases!”
The video shows her family taking out their stockings this year and reading what they wrote for 2022. Sounds more like a family "ritual" to me. Repeated year after year, but is there cultural significance, an element of tradition. But that isn't the point, is it? People are searching for secular ways of making meaning.
That's why there are endless headlines - most common is between 9 and 28 personal, family, fun... traditions that you might add to your life.
I noticed that the main entry says "From sources across the web". Does that mean that AI has done the retrieving this time?
I found a Christmas tradition joke that combines traditions and Christmas song fatigue:
So last year I started a tradition, I carry a pebble and throw it at anyone who sings Christmas songs before December.... I call it my Jingle Bell Rock.
Christmas Day The Day After. Now we start another countdown and this one is more like a countdown rather than a countup.
As an aside, the Christmas Day clock is now at 364 and ticking away. So if you loaded it on your smart phone, it can keep you company for another year.
We know that today's the day to get our gifts (boxes) from the 'boss". Too bad the tradition didn't carry through to modern day and there would be a bonus from our corporate employers.
Perhaps South Africa understood that this tradition was better left behind. It renamed Boxing Day to Day of Goodwill in 1994.
Other countries call this Second Christmas Day: In some European countries, most notably Germany, Poland, Belgium, the Netherlands and those in Scandinavia, 26 December is celebrated as the Second Christmas Day.
What should we do on the Second Christmas Day? "Many people spend the second day of Christmas in much the same way as Christmas Day." So we'd be having a second or third turkey dinner today.
Here are two views of Jordan Harbour from last year.
