Christmas traditions are important. In fact, that’s all Christmas is — tradition. Lots and lots of tradition. Tradition to the point of mindlessness.
Shopping, church, credit cards, crowds, parking, cursing, caroling, drinking, lights, gift-wrapping, trees, relatives — and those are only a few of the less-onerous ones.
Yes, it’s a tradition even if you just lock the door until well into January, or yell snotty responses at people who casually wish you “merry Christmas,” like the woman at the City Creek Center mall did last week.
Her • “Don’t push your [really bad word] religion on me!