Every culture has its rituals.
and I might add that many of the American rituals are downright harmful, 
with NO evidence to back them up :-(  Convenience of the hospital staff is 
NOT a valid reason and neither is "that's the way we've always done it"! 
Pat in SNJ, who is tired :-(

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