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OUR TRADITIONS TODAY! From the time we are born we are engulfed in tradition. Tradition is such a part of our lives we never question it, or wonder where it originated. Unlike many people I know though, I do not blindly accept the tradition that has been handed to me from birth. I feel that as a child traditions were an obligation I had to accept, I did not have a choice in the matter. However as a young thinking adult I have the right to question all the concepts I was given as a child, and come to my own conclusions of the validity of them. A Christian tradition that I now questioned has been Easter. Easter bunnies and chocolate eggs, these are all pagan traditions that have become synonymous with the most sacred of Christian Holidays, which celebrates the resurrection of are Lord Jesus Christ. The fact we have joined Easter with pagan traditions is amazing enough, but that we do not question these traditions nor where they come from is even more amazing. Then we have are wedding traditions, such as the wedding reel, which is were wedding guest form two lines and pay one, five, ten, or any other amount of dollars to dance with the guest. This tradition is traced back to the Middle East were families and friends would put mo