Hi, I'm Sissy Graham Lynch. Welcome to Fearless, helping you have a fearless faith in a compromising culture.

Welcome back to another episode of Fearless, just coming fresh off Thanksgiving holiday.

And now we're fast pace into Christmas.

And it was over Thanksgiving break. I was sitting around outside with some friends around the fire pit.

And I was asking my friends, what were some of their

Thanksgiving traditions or their holiday traditions for Christmas? What did they look back fondly on?

Because I love learning about what other people did that was special to them, what they remember as a

child. And if they happen to ask the question back to me, then I get really excited because I love

to share some of our family traditions while learning from

others. And I would say I probably tend to be more of a traditional person. But over the years,

I really have had to try to find a balance between tradition and letting go of tradition,

because traditions can be wonderful. I think they can be great and passing down those traditions

to our children and the next generation. But I also believe sometimes traditions can be crippling to us

when we try to hold on to them so much and that we have to remember sometimes family and friends

can be more important than traditions. And there are times that traditions need to be let go.

And so over the years, I really have tried to find

a balance because I remember one time I was living in Southern California with some friends. That's when

Corey was playing football down there. And I was at their house for Christmas as they were decorating.

And I love helping people decorate. I still to this day, I went over to help my mom decorate.

I helped my sister-in-law decorate. I love it. And I love asking them different questions about ornaments. As you can see in the

background, I have a tree full of our Christmas memories. I don't have one of those beautiful, fancy

trees. It's all the ornaments that mean something to me because I like hearing the stories.

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