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[EXCERPT] Let’s be honest … No one likes this.
The casserole based on great-great grandpa’s recipe that everyone sort of picks at. The party game that always leads to fighting. Trudging out in the snow to chop down your own Christmas tree. The off-color jokes or stories that make half of your guests uncomfortable.
Maybe there was a time that these activities were novel ways for your family to spend time together or honor your past. Perhaps the people who introduced these traditions really loved them. But traditions that don’t inspire feelings of happiness and togetherness in everyone aren’t going to bring your family closer together during the holidays. And things you do because you feel like you have to aren’t traditions — they’re obligations. Work up the courage to talk about putting some traditions to rest and you’ll probably find more relief than hurt feelings.
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