A Little Christmas pondering...

So as I was at work today, I began thinking about tradition. My thinking started initially with me thinking about the fact that Christmas Eve is the busiest day of the year at Portillo's, a fast food restaurant (as I'm sure you all know). I mean, I get that we have good food that people may want for their Christmas feast but... isn't that what Winter Break is for? Have people gotten to such a point that they don't even have time to prepare their own food? I mean, whenever I think "Christmas Eve" I see all those stereotypical scenes with red sweaters, and a table laid out with food, but in our day and age people are actually going to a fast-food restaurant for what is, for most good Christians, the holiest day of the year? Where did society go wrong when we sacrificed tradition for convenience? I don't know, I just think it's weird, I mean, what else are people doing over winter break so that they can't even make their own food? Are we just that lazy? Portillo's had over 300 catering orders, that means at least 300 families didn't want to make their own food. People talk about putting the "Christ" back in "Christmas" but why can't we put the tradition back either? (Granted, there is no word that even remotely resembles tradition but still...) I get that there may be some families that don't have the money to make such traditions or have to work too many jobs, or stuff of that sort, but I have made this vow to myself: When I have kids, I will set up as many traditions as possible for them. I want to give them something to look forward to for the holidays, and not just presents, I want there to be sentimental value behind it and I assure you readers that the tradition will not be going to a fast food restaurant, as I heard one patron talking about today. I mean, one of my traditions when I was a kid was to watch "How The Grinch Stole Christmas" with my brother (the cartoon one) but he stopped doing that, but I still watch, and I don't think I could make it through X-Mas without watching it. I mean, tradition is what gives holiday meaning, so we should all do our part and help make them. Agreed?