Tradition of man

Mark 7:9 (KJV)
And he said unto them, Full well ye reject the commandment of God, that ye may keep your own tradition.

In context, Jesus was speaking specifically of the Pharisees and scribes. Supposed spiritual leaders of the Jews yet as Jesus rebuked, merely "hypocrites" and "blind guides" (Matt 23).
Yet, it was the same attitude even in the first century, through the subsequent centuries, even till this day, the "Christian" world at large, which is really butchered beyond recognition and a far cry from the Lord's Church.
How often do people just nonchalantly claim "it's your interpretation", when in truth, boils down to unwillingness to truly accept what the Bible teaches and just a desire to stick with what is "comfortable" and had been done all this while?
If there is any "tradition" we should uphold, it is the tradition of the apostles  (2Th 3:6), and even so, as Paul said, in so far as it was of Christ (1Co 11:1). And having said that, it is a sobering reminder for us that even as we claim to reject traditions of man, we need to be careful not to allow our practices to follow any "set pattern" just by virtue that it is from a fellow congregation but that the pattern is solely from God.
We also need to be careful not to allow our cultural traditions to affect our service to God and how others might perceive our religion through our cultural practices. Most notably being various "taboos" during festive occasions, which are often rooted in pagan religious practices.

God help us all to be"Rooted and built up in him, and stablished in the faith, as ye have been taught, abounding therein with thanksgiving." and" Beware lest any man spoil you through philosophy and vain deceit, after the tradition of men, after the rudiments of the world, and not after Christ." Col 2:7 — Col 2:8 (KJV)