Christmas thoughts

My Grandparent the foundation of many of our family Christmas traditions.

The Holidays a time to gather with family and friends and be filled with Holiday cheer. So as I do my final preparations for Christmas, I realized nobody I know ever has a Norman Rockwell painting type Christmas, they are more like the Griswold family Christmas, without cousin Eddy. Everyone has their family traditions, and quirks but those are what make the holidays special. Family traditions are steeped in history, and can come from the old country, can be passed down from generation to generation or just ingrained into your psyche as the only proper way to do things because “they have always been done that way” thus shape your view of the world. The traditions are what makes things feel like home or the occasion is complete. So as we gather with family we should all take a step back and reminisce about the good times, and realize people grow up/old, traditions morph as the family changes and grows but never forget were we came from or how we got to where we are. We should also not fear change as things aren't frozen in time and will never be perfect no matter how hard we try. Just remember it is not perfection that makes the holidays special, it is the imperfections that make it special.

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