Mary’s
Minute
“A tradition is kept alive by something being added to it.”
~
Henry James
With the holidays approaching in the midst of a pandemic, families are being forced to rethink their traditions and make sacrifices in the name of safety.
My kids and I have developed some traditions over the years that have to be adjusted this year. For instance, on Christmas Eve we usually visit the local nursing home to deliver cards or gifts and then we go to eat at a Mexican restaurant. We can’t do that this year, so we have shifted our plan to spend time together as a family making cards for the nursing home that we will drop off and then we will eat carryout Mexican food at home.
I have talked to a lot of people over the last few weeks who are amending their family traditions in some really neat ways in order to celebrate the holidays safely.
Henry James suggests that traditions are kept alive by adding to them, but I am going to suggest that they are kept alive by making adjustments and thinking about what in the tradition makes it special. What about the tradition really matters?
I guess in the example of my kids, the part that is important is queso and kindness!
Admittedly, the pandemic is forcing people to give up many things that are important, like being with family. Still, my hope is that your holiday season can be filled with love and traditions old and new!
Happiest of Holidays!
Mary
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