The, “burden,” of family food traditions

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I don’t know think I saw anyone mention this but another option for the “must have tradition dishes” is that something can still be a tradition if it’s not on the table every year - it’s ok to miss a year! Traditions are generally good memoirs NOT world records for most times in a row!

For many years I’ve made a chocolate Yule Log cake (that I personally love) for Christmas Eve. This year I wasn’t feeling well so decided not to go through the effort. My 20 something aged sons kept talking about being sad about stopping the tradition (although not sad enough to make it themselves!) but I said it wasn’t discontinued we were now just having it in alternate years.