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Traditions are reflections of beliefs, superstitions and personality of a family.
I stop short of saying that they are the soul of a family because the spirit of those traditions may have been lost. Still, those traditions are part of who you are and whether or not you know why or how those traditions came about, they give rise to a dimensional understanding of a family that genealogists and family historians treasure. Often traditions are simple things that no one remembers to document. Think about weddings. If a certain person has a particular role in the tradition, document that too.