tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2508563923634392703.post6976005471728939982..comments2023-12-28T13:11:06.666+00:00Comments on Pics and Poems: Traditional Christmas? Bah! Humbug!Dave Kinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08430484174826768488noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2508563923634392703.post-19855701944191021292007-12-23T15:20:00.000+00:002007-12-23T15:20:00.000+00:00My objection is that tradition has been devalued t...My objection is that tradition has been devalued to repetition. Even as I write this I'm listening to a repeat of an old <I>The Two Ronnies</I> from the eighties judging by the lack of dress sense. I'm not saying there should be no repeats – I have a list the length of my arm of things I would love to see again – and I'm all for introducing new generations to some of the classic artists from the past, but it's always the same repeats, perhaps because they've wiped much of the good stuff.<BR/><BR/>Tradition is more subtle than plain replication. Okay, so we have a tree every year but it's not always the same tree and, even if it is, it is never decorated in exactly the same even if we don't bother with any new decorations. But the thing is, we do, maybe not every year (and even then only a couple at a time usually) but gradually it changes but it still conforms to our expectations of what is "traditional".<BR/><BR/>When my daughter first moved out, my wife and I bought he an advent calendar, a reusable one, and so, every year, even though she is nearly thirty, we still have her return the thing to us every November for refilling. She objects, maintains she is too old, but the thing keeps turning up. It has become a tradition even though it is only about ten years old. Even the oldest traditions were young once.<BR/><BR/>I suppose it's what we choose to accept as new traditions as opposed to those that are foisted upon up that makes all the difference.Jim Murdochhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12786388638146471193noreply@blogger.com