What's one small tradition your family has that nobody outside the family would understand?

A natural way to answer

We have a small tradition where, on New Year's morning, everyone says one word they hope describes the year ahead. It started by accident, but it's stuck around for about ten years now and it feels special.

Key phrases to use

• go back — to have started a long time ago; to have a long history“This tradition goes back to my grandparents' time.”
• a thing we do — a habit or custom that a group has, often a quirky or informal one“We always watch the same film at Christmas — it's just a thing we do.”
• stuck around — continued to exist or stay for a long time“That nickname has stuck around since I was a kid.”
• shovelling food in — eating very fast and in large amounts, often messily“He was so hungry he was just shovelling food in.”