The importance of traditions are lost to us when we are young. They were often dreaded, and looked upon as a burden that prevented us from partaking in the activities we really wanted to be engaging in like riding our bikes, spending time with friends, and during the winter, building snow forts or having neighborhood snowball fights.
I have very little to complain in terms of the inconveniences of family traditions, my family practiced very few throughout my youth.
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