Thanksgiving

Thanksgiving is one of my favorite holidays, and I enjoy it with my family every year. When we wake up, my family will watch the end of the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade (we sleep very late) before being interrupted by the annual National Dog Show that follows it. We eat breakfast at my house then my parents and sometimes myself, my brothers, and my cousins will join in before showering and dressing up to go to my grandparents house. We dress nicely because my very proper great aunt and uncle are usually in attendance. Our group of around 20 eats a huge, wonderful meal that my grandmother always manages to prepare by herself. We eat turkey (sometimes 2), stuffing, corn pudding, mashed potatoes, green beans, gravy, homemade rolls, and a dessert of pies and ice cream. Then we talk in the living room, play games, and do the same thing again in a few hours until all or the majority of the food is gone. I tend to develop huge "food babies" after stuffing myself and often take naps in between the 2 meals and after the second one. My most wonderful memory of the holiday seems to occur every year, my family on my mom's side sit and play games for hours every Thanksgiving and entertain ourselves. It is always fun and interesting with our activities ranging from intense political debates to playing a huge game of hide-n-go seek or more popular in my family "sardines" where one person hides and everyone looks for them until you find the hider and hide with them. We also watch big football games every year and spend the whole day together; it's always a great day.