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Saturday, November 14, 2009

Thanksgiving Festivities

How are the holidays almost here?! Seriously weren't we just installing our air conditioners for the summer? Within our home, the holiday tradition seems to be that every year we do something different. We've had dinner here, eaten out, gone to friends, had friends come over here, gone to NYC and PA, and gone to Chicago.

This year we realized that Thanksgiving was quickly approaching and we had no idea what we wanted to do. I for one don't particularly like Thanksgiving Day food. Or perhaps I should say that I don't like the implication of Thanksgiving Day food. It's fine for one meal and maybe as a leftover meal the next day. However, that's about it. No matter how you disguise it, by Saturday you are eating dry, leftover turkey and soggy, leftover stuffing, possibly poorly disguised as a new dish. All the good foods, mainly the pies, are long gone. I suggested to the Big Giraffe that if we really wanted to celebrate family and good food, we should throw a couple frozen pizzas in the oven and serve them with a big bag of Halloween candy. I can guarantee given a choice between turkey and pumpkin pie or pizza and candy the boys would choose the latter. Frankly so would I.

I also get incredibly homesick on Thanksgiving. On top of it, as a college freshman, I developed viral meningitis when flying home to celebrate Thanksgiving. While I'm not a germophobe by any means, I have a really hard time flying around Thanksgiving. Even for those who haven't gotten sick, Thanksgiving is the busiest travel time of the year.

The question became how to make this holiday that I don't really enjoy a fun holiday for the kids? The BG agreed to be in charge of dinner this year. Okay. He made a dinner reservation for us. Fabulous...except that it could mean an argument with the boys who believe that major holidays should be celebrated by enjoying pajama days at home. Hmmm....an argument can be easily avoided if I am out of the house when they wake up. I decided that I wanted to do a 5k Turkey Trot on Thanksgiving morning. I specifically chose one where the proceeds go to a food pantry. Seems like that's in keeping with a holiday about food.

Yesterday my parents sent us up a rotisserie. I suggested to the Big Giraffe that this offered him additional options, such as cooking a small turkey or turkey breast in it! The BG immediately began perusing our new cookbooks, and he made a fabulous roast chicken tonight!

So, I'll be running, the boys will get to have a pajama day, and the BG will get to cook. Unfortunately the times don't quite work perfectly. Unless he is planning on making the dinner at 8 am, I will be home long before he begins his preparations, which means he and I may have an argument if he is not open to the insightful observations I like to share while he is cooking. He describes them as micromanagement. I don't want to fight during the holidays, so clearly I should nap while he's making dinner.

A. Elliot's Lesson Learned: Pajamas, rotisseries, and naps are all things for which one can be thankful.

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posted by Alex Elliot @ 8:45 PM   1 comments
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  • At 11/16/2009 7:09 AM, Blogger Goofball said…

    I've never really understood why it's such a given that Thanksgiving and Christmas have with a fairly big certainty turkey on the menu.....that must get boring no?

    we don't have thanksgiving but for Christmas we put anything on the menu that we feel like (and that's a bit festive): turkey, fish, wild, fondue, ......

     
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