My family's Christmas has become this choreographed performance where everyone knows their role and we recreate the exact same activities we did when I was eight even though we're all adults now with different lives and interests. My brother and I keep catching each other's eyes during the cookie decorating like 'are we really doing this again' but Mom puts so much effort into making it 'special' that neither of us knows how to suggest anything different.
More people experience this than they realize.
The celebration has become a museum of childhood rather than a living tradition that grows with the family's evolution.
“Where Are You with Festivals and celebrations?”
If this sounds familiar, the Library can help you find the bigger picture.