Something that I find interesting about European politics (as well as the politics of many countries in Africa and Asia) is that there is an annual tradition of the leader's speech, where every year, on a certain day, to mark a certain holiday, either Christmas, New Year's, or both, or Independence Day, you will tune in to listen to a speech made by the elected leader or sovereign. How big of a deal is it though? Do people actually tune in? Or is it a tradition people wish would just go away? I don't live in a country where such tradition exists. I asked once if my fellow countrymen would want such a tradition, and recieved a lot of backlash.