Why don’t I like Thanksgiving?
November 22nd, 2006I wish I knew why. I’ve come to realize that Thanksgiving may be my least liked holiday. I always get stressed out and cranky during Thanksgiving week… ALWAYS. Don’t get me wrong, I love seeing family and friends. Maybe it’s the food. I mean Thanksgiving’s the only time of the year when people eat baked turkey with stuffing, cranberry nastiness, creamed corn, pumpkin pie, and baked yam casseroles. Why is that? I think I’m not the only closet turkey hater out there. But the food isn’t all that bad. I’ve definitely had much worse, and in fact I like creamed corn and pumpkin pie (sweet tooth, ya know). There must be some negative association in my past that I can’t recall. Who knows? Am I the only one in this boat? I know I’m messed up, but go figure.
4 Responses to “Why don’t I like Thanksgiving?”
By Mikey on Nov 22, 2006
That’s why instead of eating turkey, you eat Chinese hot pot!
By Elijah on Nov 23, 2006
yeah, I was thinking about that when I wrote this post. That was alot of fun eating hotpot instead of a turkey.
By Emmanuel on Nov 24, 2006
I’m not big on the turkey either, but that’s because I prefer dark meat, and Jane always does a pretty good job of making it nice and moist. But it’s all about the side dishes. And this year was the best, gotta love the non-traditional add-ons, especially the Laksa that Auntie Grace made after we kept begging her.
As for some negative Thanksgiving experience in the past, nothing’s really coming up in my mind, but then again, that’s not saying much, haha.
The thing that I really try to avoid is the travel and the traffic, and fortunately, this year the roads seemed to be uncharacteristically clear :).
By Elijah on Nov 25, 2006
The Laksa was awesome. I think it has to do with all the hoopla that surrounds Thanksgiving. There’s so much that has to go into celebrating the holiday. I’m just lazy and a grouch. I did have fun hanging out with everyone on Thursday, and the food was great. But I just don’t like Thanksgiving, hehe.