Traditions+CO

Every society has different traditions. Sometimes we don't know why we do traditions, its just what we have always done. I think they are a very important

thing to do because sometimes they remind us of what really matters. Like thanksgiving is a time where our whole family gathers around a table and talks

and spends time together they probably don't do any other time. It doesn't always make us happy though. Halloween makes kids happy and adults

annoyed because they have to go out and buy candy and get up at the door every time the bell rings. Tradition is just something we do annually.

I already mentioned Halloween but it is a very weird tradition not many people know the meaning behind. Halloween always happens on the 31st of October

and little kids go around dressed up as someone they really like and go from house to house begging for candy. The weirdest part for me is dressing up

because teenagers still dress up but they are more unoriginal and I'm pretty sure just walking down the street there were about 50 Miley Cryrus's and other

costumes girl where wearing I don't even understand what they were trying to hint at but I sure didn't want to know. There was an old man that still does Halloween and he went as "Dubledora The Explorer". Why do we hand out candy? Isn't that just weird someone

could have poisoned that or something and you wouldn't know because you are taking candy from a stranger. Last, teenagers on Halloween don't even do

anything besides throw a big party and girls dress up as some type of animal and boys as baseball or football players. Halloween just doesn't make sense

to me.

When a kid loses a tooth in America they put it under there pillow until the "Tooth Fairy" allegedly takes the tooth and gives you money for it. This tradition

doesn't even make sense if you really think about it. Why would some random thing come out of no where and while a child is sleeping goes under there

pillow and takes something that came out of a little kids mouth? Not to mention I bet kids with more money get a lot of money for that tooth. They are

giving away money that you could keep and use for food just so your kid can have $20 for something that fell out of there mouth. The kid didn't do anything

to earn that money, something just ironically fell out of their mouth. Although I have been talking down about the tooth fairy myth I do believe that it is a

cute thing to do I just don't get why we do it. To me it makes no sense.

I guess the point is, traditions are fun. They don't have a point to them and sometimes they don't make sense but celebrating a tradition is so much fun. If

you are trying to come in on a wrecking ball like Miley Cyrus, or just a little kid waiting for the tooth fairy to come it's always exciting. America has a lot of

traditions that I don't think make any sense but there is not a reason to not enjoy them. Traditions are something that brings people together, not matter if

its just a bunch of people at party or a mom being happy to see their daughter/son the happiest kind in the world. Traditions are very important.