Nontraditionalist

Brock is untraditional to say the least. I cannot think of one tradition that he keeps. At Christmastime, this is really evident. There are so many traditions surrounding Christmas.

The other day, we were in downtown Franklin where they were celebrating "Dickens on the Square." Brock was so confused as to why people were dressed up like they lived 100 years ago and some guy was walking around saying "Bah Hum Bug!" I said that it's because of the famous book that is now a famous play by Charles Dickens. HE HAD NEVER HEARD OF IT. Can you believe that? He had heard of Scrooge but didn't know where it came from.

One year, we were at my parents' house when they were putting up their Christmas tree. Mom told Brock that he could put the angel on top since he is so tall. As the rest of us began busying ourselves with the lights and ornaments, Brock reached up to place the angel on top of the bare tree. We all froze and said, "NO!" Brock was startled. We explained that the angel goes on last. Of course, Brock wanted to know why. We said that it was because of tradition.

Try and explain a tradition to someone. It really sounds illogical. You begin to sound crazy even to yourself. Then, you usually end up just saying something like, "Because we do it this way every year...that's why!"