Time for Thanks

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Let's give thanks. I love Thanksgiving. I think it's the simplicity of the Holiday that really makes it special. You get together with your family, some of whom you can hardly tolerate, according to popular American tradition. I am still young enough to really love every member of my family, but I assume I will start resenting them soon if movies and television are to be believed.

And yet, despite the fact that Americans tend to dislike their families in movies, our families and friends are often the first thing we can think to be thankful for. Family, friends and food. The three major things we are thankful for are also the center of the holiday, imagine that (Secondary list: wine, The Muppets, employment.) Thanksgiving is neither secular, nor do people accuse it of being "satanist" (like Halloween, horrible day.) And whether you're thanking God or not, taking a moment to humble yourself to the point of gratitude can't hurt every now ant then.

I don't think I will ever understand what possesses people to wake up at 2:30 AM the day after eating a giant tryptophan laced meal to be near the front of the line for "doorbuster" deals at Toys-R-Us or Kohls, but if that is part of their Holiday tradition, who am I to judge? My favorite cranberry sauce has pineapple in it, for Pete's sake! We all have our own holiday traditions, and unlike trashing sluts on Halloween or bad-mouthing the consumerism of Christmas, we accept others' traditions at Thanksgiving because we recognize that everyone has different backgrounds. Not sure why we feel the need to be judgey for pretty much every other major holiday, but who knows.

And, it is the start of when people actually tolerate all the Christmas stuff happening around the city. The restaurant I work at put up our decorations over a week ago, and when I go into work on Friday, I won't have to hear guests complain about how it's too early to decorate. Nobody can laugh at me for listening to the Christmas station or yell at me for singing "Oh Holy Night" at the top of my lungs. By the way, if anybody wants to go caroling or just get together and have a Christmas sing along, hit me up! I love singing, so why shouldn't I love the one time of year when my habit of wandering around singing will be a little less crazy and a little more cheery!

In other news, my Twitter followers may have already seen it, but I stumbled upon this bizarre cover of one of my favorite Christmas songs. It sounds like one of those terrible songs they play in the Juniors section of Macy's because the normal Christmas songs aren't "hip" enough for their clientele. But I kinda like it...

I am off to buy some peppermint schnapps to compliment my Williams-Sonoma hot chocolate that I will be drinking now.