Our traditions and culture are important and define who we are and where we came from. No one will ever protect your culture, traditions, and family for you. If you want yours to survive you must be it's greatest champion. YOU must be the hero of your family's line. My family is a bunch of home brewers going back to prohibition with some of the branches. Every Christmas the entire family always brings or sends each other a cider, mead, beer or wine. They all get passed around and handed out and any new comers are gifted a all in one home brewing kit for the next year. Political, religious, ideological, and personal grievances all get shelved when its time to hand out the sauce and its a unifying event that keeps us together as a community and provides a sense of membership for those that join our family through marriage, friendship, or otherwise. Its a valuable tool and the fun, comradery, and competition it fosters ensures that extended family stay involved and invested even when they can not be with us. Equally it promotes membership in our common/collective culture, beliefs, and our morality as a family. I have other tradition that I promote and I add new ones all the time but it got me thinking; what are your traditions, how do you foster family, community, and philia in your life? Merry Christmas