Turkey Day! Hooray!
casey brandon
Issue date: 11/2/09 Section: Opinion
Sorry, Halloween isn't a favorite. Never saw a reason to dress up and beg for candy or, in more grown up years, dress up and go to the local watering hole with other grown ups and get intoxicated. I can do that just as well without the costume.
Thanksgiving is more like it. Call me cheesy if you like, but it's one of my favorites.
I always had the fondest memories of Thanksgiving. When else is it acceptable to eat until you have to unbutton your jeans.
Plus, it's the only day when you're forced to spend time with both sides of your family.
It's a day on which guys sit on the couch and literally turn into potatoes as they watch the Detroit Lions lose and cheer against the Dallas Cowboys. Beer and stories are passed around from one potato to another.
Yes, it should be called the Triple F Day-food, football and family.
This is the ultimate holiday. Christmas is nice, but you still have to save money so you can buy everyone and their mother a present. While I'm all for the giving of gifts, I don't understand making yourself go broke in the process.
Don't get me wrong, I do like Christmas, but again, turkey day is my favorite.
On what other holidays do millions of people traverse the country for the purpose of eating with other people? That statement on its own is amazing. A lot of animals forage wide and far for food; we do it to give thanks.
Yep, Thanksgiving is just amazing.
It is time for people to take the Halloween decorations down, but it's not late enough to begin the process of decorating for Christmas. Thanksgiving is the perfect medium between the two-- a way to transition from playing dress up to going broke.
With that logic, why not concede that Thanksgiving is your favorite holiday as well?
It's a happy day when the calendar turns to November, the month of leaves falling and possible snow. Fall is in the air, and winter not far behind. Old St. Nick is still making his lists and checking it twice. The grim reaper is putting his sickle back in the shed for winter.
Soon families will pack up and start the pilgrimage across the country in search of food, football and family.
I can't wait.
Thanksgiving is more like it. Call me cheesy if you like, but it's one of my favorites.
I always had the fondest memories of Thanksgiving. When else is it acceptable to eat until you have to unbutton your jeans.
Plus, it's the only day when you're forced to spend time with both sides of your family.
It's a day on which guys sit on the couch and literally turn into potatoes as they watch the Detroit Lions lose and cheer against the Dallas Cowboys. Beer and stories are passed around from one potato to another.
Yes, it should be called the Triple F Day-food, football and family.
This is the ultimate holiday. Christmas is nice, but you still have to save money so you can buy everyone and their mother a present. While I'm all for the giving of gifts, I don't understand making yourself go broke in the process.
Don't get me wrong, I do like Christmas, but again, turkey day is my favorite.
On what other holidays do millions of people traverse the country for the purpose of eating with other people? That statement on its own is amazing. A lot of animals forage wide and far for food; we do it to give thanks.
Yep, Thanksgiving is just amazing.
It is time for people to take the Halloween decorations down, but it's not late enough to begin the process of decorating for Christmas. Thanksgiving is the perfect medium between the two-- a way to transition from playing dress up to going broke.
With that logic, why not concede that Thanksgiving is your favorite holiday as well?
It's a happy day when the calendar turns to November, the month of leaves falling and possible snow. Fall is in the air, and winter not far behind. Old St. Nick is still making his lists and checking it twice. The grim reaper is putting his sickle back in the shed for winter.
Soon families will pack up and start the pilgrimage across the country in search of food, football and family.
I can't wait.
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A Female
posted 11/02/09 @ 7:58 AM CST
Oh no Casey! I love reading you but I was honestly offended when you wrote, "It's a day on which guys sit on the couch and literally turn into potatoes. (Continued…)
Paul
posted 11/02/09 @ 8:03 AM CST
Well I do like Thanksgiving too, any excuse to eat is good by me, how can it not be really? But I wouldn't go out on a limb to proclaim my love for the holiday given it's bloody past. (Continued…)
Tony Romo
posted 11/09/09 @ 12:58 AM CST
How 'bout them Cowboys?!
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