Family Traditions

It will be a bad Christmas. There is no way to save. A small tree (the only one we can buy) is naked and it is surrounded by a needle that falls. There are not many Christmas gifts; Santa Claus can not give Christmas list gifts to children. It will be terrible, the season of joy and devotion is rotten, and everything in a small apartment resembles Christmas. A small, dead, bare Christmas tree does not predict almost anything what the season really brings to the family.

Family tradition and cultural heritage help to suppress individual self identity in many ways. People's lifestyles and how they themselves express themselves come from a culture that has penetrated the hearts of young people. The choice of food we might eat or even our belief in religion comes from our family tradition. Individuals with a respectable and powerful career in their culture are likely to want to take over their cultural knowledge to the next generation. Family traditions and cultural heritage are the unbreakable bonds and foundation that teach us the power we have to use in our daily lives. Culture is an important element of self identity, which helps individuals to think about themselves and the communities they live in.

One of the typical examples of modern family traditions is the current British royal family family tradition. One of the family traditions demands that the current British royal male member serve in the army. According to the BBC's report on June 12, 2003, "Prince Harry's decision to join the army was that he would keep the family tradition of many years service." Prince Harry's other uncle, Prince Edward joined the Royal Marine Corps as a lieutenant in 1983. Prince Harry's father, Prince of Wales, was appointed Colonel of Wales Army in the UK in 1969. Harry 's grandfather, the Duke of Edinburgh, joined the Navy in 1939 and served in the Second World War.