Quote Originally Posted by Jock Scot View Post
Do we? I am not at all sure that we do!

Perhaps we locals take things for granted, or perhaps we are too close to it all to notice if it is a tradition.
I would guess it's a bit of all three (i.e., not having the tradition, taking them for granted, not noticing).

I'd say it's pretty common for traditions to be more strictly observed and celebrated when people are living away from their homeland - it's a way to remember where you've come from and the people that came before, and that's the very reason I'd like to have (at least a few) Scottish traditions for my family.