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I Used To Be Jealous Of Holiday Traditions

Some holiday traditions might not even feel like traditions.

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I Used To Be Jealous Of Holiday Traditions
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Christmas traditions seem to be the big thing that people always talk about now around the holidays. Everyone looks forward to the traditions that their families have developed over the years.

As we are beginning this holiday season I was trying to think back on the family traditions that my family holds. It was shocking to me because I could not think of a single tradition that my family has. Not being able to think of a tradition really bummed me out.

At Thanksgiving with our extended family I saw other traditions. A common tradition that I have heard about is the secret santa. My family has never done that. I saw and heard about other traditions like putting up the Christmas Tree together after Thanksgiving or going Black Friday shopping. All these traditions that my family does not hold.

However, decoration for the Holidays with my family brought all the traditions that we do hold to my mind. My family isn't big on big traditions that need to be past down through generations. My family likes to keep things between us and that is actually really special.

Some of our traditions include take place on the day of Christmas. We do small traditions that for some reason mean the most to us.

Basically I've come to realize that there is no need to be jealous of the traditions that other families hold, because my family has our own little traditions special to us.

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