Jim Yerman Traditions Poems

I love traditions, but we learned long ago with our blended family
We needed to look at our traditions with more objectivity.

With so many relatives to be considered and only so much time in any holiday
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Today I'm thankful for traditions and though it may sound strange…
I'm also thankful for the way traditions can grow and change

It was Socrates…a Greek philosopher who said…
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Once upon a time there was a family…I imagine many of you can relate…
whose traditions on the holidays…they love to recreate.

Who would eat Thanksgiving dinner with all the family gathered nigh…
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As a family grows and changes…as far as I can tell…the traditions we hold near and dear need to grow and change as well.

Gathering everyone together is no longer an easy thing to do…so…to celebrate our summer birthdays…this is what we do:
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I love our Christmas traditions…perhaps the fact it comes but once a year
is what makes our traditions special…is why we hold them all so dear.

From our first Christmas together…as a family we agreed
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