traditionscustomsdefinitions

Habit:
A behavior pattern followed until you do it without thinking.


 * Silent reading at the beginning of class
 * Bellwork
 * Looking both ways before you cross the street
 * Bathing or showering
 * Brushing your teeth
 * Saying m’am or Sir

Custom:
Something done that is common to many people or to a particular place or group or person. It may regulate social life. It is a behavior established by long practice.
 * Candy on valentine
 * Gift cards
 * Christmas trees
 * Shaking hands
 * Saying m’am or Sir

Tradition:
An inherited, established, or customary behavior. The handing down of information, beliefs, and customs by word of mouth or by example from one generation to another without written instruction. Traditions are special to those who participate in them. They are something you do again and again, something that adults teach their children, who then grow up and teach it to their children.