Greetings @hjrrodriguez ,
Hope the familia is well.
This phrase....you said..'but without the dose of reality' is really very descriptive of meaningless ritual. Well said.
The goal is to understand the Rituals in our life and make a choice about those Rituals so that they do become meaningful or not....not blindly following. Knowing the 'Why'.
Kind Regards and Happy Christ-mas Wishes to you and the familia ,^__^
Bleujay