What Does Tradition Mean?

Tradition is something like a ritual passed down from generation to generation or may have to do with religious practices. For instance, jewish men wear a little cap at the mere mention of god to remind themselves that there is always someone above them. In the supreme court on Canada, men wear a special collor and in britain, it is tradition for court judges to wear a wig due to a long time ago plague of syphillis when many lost their hair. Families will form traditions, such as aunt Betty is always the one to bring the bean casserole, gosh, never tried it, would love to. In our family tradition was that because we were so many children, the mine would give my father min. 10 lbs turkey with an additional 5 lbs for each child. Way too much, so every year, dad would take the saw out, as it was frozen and cut in half. Half for Xmas and half for New Years.  It also became a family joke, that it was tradition that dad would almost burn down the house every year cooking said turkey. :)