I currently work in retail and have really noticed how much Christmas overshadows Thanksgiving. We have one table of tacky discounted ceramic turkeys near the back of the store. The rest of the store is already festooned with Christmas decorations and we're wearing holiday buttons on our name tags. They read "Merry Christmas! Feliz Navidad! Happy Hanukkah! Happy Kwanzah!" Something for everyone. Like there's any Jewish people in Logan...
Even though it's overshadowed, Thanksgiving is an awesome holiday. The root cause of it is kinda sketchy, since I guess it led to white people taking land from the Native Americans. Today ,though, we can ignore that and consume mass amounts of food. This is something I don't need a holiday to accomplish, but it certainly justifies it. And mass amounts of food are always available at my grandma's house. Not only do we have the traditional turkey, people always bring enchiladas, pasole, and other delicious Mexican food. My grandma lives in a tiny house in the ghetto. It's always cramped and only has one bathroom. Yet every year we gather there because she says we have to, and everyone is a little afraid of this woman. I know I am. When she tells me to help her, I hop on it.
That's also why my family always eats at her house, even though we're supposed to switch off every year and have some Thanksgivings at my stepdad's parents' house. Every year he's like "Aren't we supposed to eat at mom and dad's?" and my mother will reply with, "John is visiting this year!", or "Weren't we there last year?" Eventually he gives up and goes back to sulking in his garage like usual. I don't really feel bad because my grandparents like doing there own thing, and we spend every Christmas Eve with them no matter what. Sadly, I may have to work on Christmas Eve and be stuck in Logan until 6:00 that night...which will thrill my mom. But I'll cross that bridge when I come to it.
I am so so stoked for Thanksgiving this year, more so than usual. I need this break and I haven't seen my family in over two months thanks to my crazy schedule. Thank God for Sierra and Jansen for covering my Saturday and Sunday shifts (they wanted more hours, and I gave them to them). And for Haylee for giving me a ride shortly. I'm also stoked to see friends that I've been separated from. And my adorable little puppies, who I'm sure are obese now because I'm the only one who walks them and doesn't overfeed them. I will on Thanksgiving though. Because who doesn't need the combination of lots of food and exercise then?
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