Wow, that's so interesting! I've also heard about our style of celebrating Halloween seeping into other cultures, with Trick or Treating and all. We definitely have neighborhoods around here where everyone starts trying to one-up each other on the Christmas decorations. I don't have the energy for anything like that, but I love driving around during the week of Christmas and looking at the lights in those neighborhoods.
A lot of people fly the flag if they are military or have had military service members in their family. Some only fly it on holidays and others all year round. The tradition goes back to the Revolution to show who was a patriot and who was a loyalist. It was a symbol of unity during the civil war for Union states and was seen as a symbol of support for the troops in WW1 and WW2. During Cold War 1, it was a symbol of democracy in the fight against communism. The tradition of flying the flag goes way back, it unfortunately has become a divisive issue over the last couple of years (but we can’t talk about that here). The confederate flag is a separate issue as most people (including me), will tell you it has no place in society except in a CW museum (the history and its purpose can be looked up online).Being mindful of Disboard rules and not to take this thread off track. I'm curious as to why people fly the flags. We don't have this tradition and I like learning about the customs and traditions in other countries
- Family tradition - your parents and family members did, so its something you just keep going in your own house
- Your parents and family members did not fly a flag but you want to for your own personal reasons (which Im not asking about, as I know its very derisive)
- The house you live in came with a flag pole so you thought it would be a nice thing to do
- Most of the neighbours do and you like the way the neighbourhood looks with all the houses decorated.
Being mindful of Disboard rules and not to take this thread off track. I'm curious as to why people fly the flags. We don't have this tradition and I like learning about the customs and traditions in other countries
- Family tradition - your parents and family members did, so its something you just keep going in your own house
- Your parents and family members did not fly a flag but you want to for your own personal reasons (which Im not asking about, as I know its very derisive)
- The house you live in came with a flag pole so you thought it would be a nice thing to do
- Most of the neighbours do and you like the way the neighbourhood looks with all the houses decorated.
I must be missing it (again) so can you please show me where the word BECAUSE is in the quote from the PP? You use it, the PP doesn't. You are not "only repeating what the poster said". Unless, as I said, I am missing the word "because" in the original.
Patriotism..some people love this country… I know that’s shocking to some people, but even the haters won’t leave.Being mindful of Disboard rules and not to take this thread off track. I'm curious as to why people fly the flags. We don't have this tradition and I like learning about the customs and traditions in other countries
- Family tradition - your parents and family members did, so its something you just keep going in your own house
- Your parents and family members did not fly a flag but you want to for your own personal reasons (which Im not asking about, as I know its very derisive)
- The house you live in came with a flag pole so you thought it would be a nice thing to do
- Most of the neighbours do and you like the way the neighbourhood looks with all the houses decorated.
So the person doesn’t fly an American flag because he doesn’t want to be associated with neighbors that fly American flags. That would be like me not putting up a Christmas tree because the neighbors that I don’t like put up a Christmas tree. It makes zero sense.
Good point...we're still fortunate choose to fly the flag, or not. Hopefully that won't change.
I don’t disagree with this statement, but I would add that other political groups want nothing to do with patriotic symbols and are even triggered by them.
Agreed... and yet another group prefers symbols of defeated enemies (strange times indeed)
We live on a golf course and the golf course puts a flag on every tee. It’s kind of cool.
