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minus-squareSauerkraut@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkarrow-up9·1 day agoI wouldn’t go that far. Some traditions can be a positive that help give people a sense of shared community: christmas trees, presents and gluhwein for christmas, turkey for thanksgiving, etc
minus-squareZozano@lemy.lollinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6arrow-down2·1 day agoThere are better reasons for all those things. “Because the decorating the Christmas tree is fun and it looks pretty” “Because it’s nice for me to give and receive gifts” “Because Turkey tastes good”
minus-squareRoosterBoy@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up5·edit-220 hours agoThose are also all the reasons those things became traditional in the first place.
minus-squareZozano@lemy.lollinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down1·20 hours agoSure, and I’m not claiming otherwise.
I wouldn’t go that far. Some traditions can be a positive that help give people a sense of shared community: christmas trees, presents and gluhwein for christmas, turkey for thanksgiving, etc
Found the German :p
There are better reasons for all those things.
“Because the decorating the Christmas tree is fun and it looks pretty”
“Because it’s nice for me to give and receive gifts”
“Because Turkey tastes good”
Those are also all the reasons those things became traditional in the first place.
Sure, and I’m not claiming otherwise.