We don't do Thanksgiving the traditional way.
About seven years ago, we decided to ditch our family Thanksgiving and just have an open invitation to all that we knew. Very loose, very laid back. We played football in the rain and handed out potato trophies to the most muddy players. We sat around making cranberry strings and popcorn chains. It was beautiful. No pressure, no timetable.
A few years ago, we decided to have our Thanksgiving the 'old' way. We met our families, played the obligatory card games, and sat around talking about the sales. There was nothing wrong with it, but it just wasn't fun. It wasn't throw-back-your-head-and-laugh free. We decided that from there on out, we would do our Thanksgiving our way.
And we have.
Every year we look forward to it. Everyone comes and goes and brings extra clothes. Half of them end up spending the night. It's a very cooperative effort and one that involves lots of good coffee.
But this year, this year, I don't wanna' do it. Our home has been plagued with illness, lonnng-running illness and the thought of getting out today, picking up the turkey and fixin's...just feels obligatory.
And I don't want an obligatory Thanksgiving, you know? We gave that up seven years ago.
So what to do, what to do? I had a thought that Chinese restaurants may be open on Thanksgiving. Maybe? I know it would be weird, but it's being together and having fun and not having pressure that has made us love it so much.
Any suggestions?
Tuesday, November 24, 2009
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3 comments:
My suggestion -- ditch the turkey! People just want to hang with the Price's. They don't care what they eat.
I say do what makes you happy and don't worry about it. We are not doing our traditional Thanksgiving this year, and I am so excited!!! Sometimes it is good to break traditions.
I love traditional Thanksgiving. It's about the only tradition that I do enjoy. I love eating turkey and all the sides and then playing games with my family. We Thoms are fun people.
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