Traditions+OJ

Traditions play a large role in our country. We don't even know how some of our traditions started. I think that some of the

traditions in our country are good, and some just don't affect me. One of my favorite traditions is putting up a Christmas tree

during Christmas. Why does the Easter bunny come on Easter and give out candy? Why do we eat turkey on Thanksgiving?

Nobody knows why we eat turkey on Thanksgiving, the only reason is because it is tradition.

Putting up Christmas trees are so much fun. You get to decorate them and come Christmas they are full of presents. But

nobody knows why we put up a Christmas tree. Is it because Jesus did, is it because we are honoring him or is it just

because it is a tradition. I love to put up a Christmas tree but what I don't like is that we don't know how it got started.

Eating turkey on Thanksgiving is something a lot of people in the United States do. But does anyone know how that tradition

got started? The pilgrims probably didn't eat turkey on the first Thanksgiving. None of the accounts of the first Thanksgiving

mention it. This tradition I feel is not very important because nobody is forcing you to eat turkey, you could eat chicken. I like

this tradition because I love turkey.

Why do kids like Easter so much? The answer is easy, it is because the Easter Bunny comes and gives away candy. He

comes the night before Easter and hides colored eggs, with candy inside, all over you yard. What made this tradition start?

Was a bunny there with Jesus giving him candy when he rose from the dead, the answer is no. So why is it that the Easter

Bunny is only referred to during Easter.

Nobody knows how most traditions start but we follow them anyways. Why do we follow them so blindly? I think that they play

an important role in our society. I also think that they play too large of a role in our society. If we are going to follow a rule we

should at least know where it comes from. But I think that most traditions aren't good or bad, they are neutral because some

don't even affect me anymore like the Easter Bunny.