Thanksgiving is the most rewarding of holidays. Everyone in the community is celebrating. Actually everyone is The United States is celebrating. And always the food is the same, so there is no need to vary the menu or consult the cook books, even for the side dishes. In each family, it is always the same., which makes life easy. And families gather together, always, where these are the traditional activities: The Christmas parade in the morning followed by the dog show followed by football games. Family members young and old drift by to sit and watch the TV. It is so much easier than it is at Christmas.. Both children and adults are rewarded with good food and no pressure. Just pure relaxation and pleasure.
Yesterday was the first Thanksgiving celebration at Andrew’ and Christina’s new home so it was a special event. All the Creath family living in Jackson came for dinner along with all the Dickies too. The children played, in fact as the adults sat in the comfortable chairs and talked after dinner, the three big girls put on a fashion show, pretending to be famous singing artists., wearing clothes they would never be allowed on the street. It was clever and funny and unexpected for these three girls, 13, 10 and 10.
The other part making for an easy holiday is that everyone traditionally brings part of the meat. I chatted with Sara Lou while she was on the way to her daughter for Thanksgiving dinner and she was bringing the same things that she always brings, making her life easy. Now for our dinner, Linda brought rolls and a salad, Katie and Nelson brought dessert, a famous Mississippi butterscotch cake and asparagas, also an appetizer while we brought wine. Andrew had smoked the turkey , which was delicious and he made the gravy while Christina fixed cheesy potatoes and organized the whole meal. It was a feast fit for a king.
Andrew said it best. “I love Thanksgiving, especially when everything is complete and all we must do is enjoy each other. I live the hubbub and the children coming and going. I love the whole holiday scene.”
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