Moonspun Spins

I do believe that every time I have ever asked for a guest post, my friend Badass Geek (aka BAG in some circles) has willingly obliged. And so let’s start out the week with his thoughts. Classic Baddass, if you ask me….

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Moonspun is away on vacation, and while I’m trying not to be overly jealous, I’m glad she’s getting a chance to get away and see some family.  As I’m sure you’ve figured out, she asked us to write a list of 5 things we love and hate about any given holiday. She mentioned specifically Thanksgiving, and that suits me just fine.

Five Things I Love About Thanksgiving:

1. The Family – With all the various spouses, and a new niece and nephew added in, very rarely do we get a chance to have the whole family together all at once. My parents house gets a little crowded, but that’s fine with me. It’s nice to be able to see everyone and get caught up on their lives.
2. The Food – Obviously, the food is amazing. I was going to put it as the first one on the list, but I figured it’d be a little rude if I said I loved the food more than my family. But yes, the food. There is so much to choose from, plenty to go around, and there is always enough for seconds. And thirds. And then leftovers the next couple of days.
3. The Macy’s Parade – It’s been a longstanding tradition in my family, as I’m sure it is in some of yours, to watch the Macy’s Day parade. It’s not the same now as I remembered it to be as a kid, but nostalgia always wins me over.
4. The Football Game – Thanksgiving is synonymous with football in some households. No matter what house Thanksgiving is hosted at in my family, there is always a TV with the game on. It’s a great way for the ladies (who don’t enjoy the game, that is) to talk and gossip while the guys yell at the referee’s on the tube.
5. The Weather – I can’t remember a Thanksgiving in recent memory where the weather hasn’t felt perfect. The brisk, cool air with a little bite to it, the smell of a woodstove burning somewhere in the neighborhood, the leaves on the ground… it is perfection.

Five Things I Tend To Dislike Sometimes About Thanksgiving:

1. The Family – As much as I love my family and enjoy seeing them, they are my sisters after all. They know how to push my buttons, just like I know how to push theirs. With a crowded house and hormonal imbalances (hey, it happens), and some of us who still have the inability to take a joke, there is bound to be some minor spats.
2. The Food – I always, always, ALWAYS eat too much. It’s not that I set out each year to not overeat, it’s just that I can’t help myself. The food is healthy enough, so if there is one day a year where I have to pull out my Eating Pants to make sure I don’t pop a button or blow out a zipper, so be it.
3. The Macy’s Parade – It’s so overdone and commercialized now. Not that any other major holiday these days isn’t, but I almost can’t stand to watch it now. There is a minute of parade footage squeezed in the seven minutes of commercials, and the hosts… well, don’t get me started on my thoughts of the hosts.
4. The Football – There’s always a game on, and it’s impossible to socialize with family and eat the glorious food if you’re interested (and may have money riding on) the game. One of these days I’ll convince my mother to let my dad and I move a TV into the dining room.
5. The Weather – Well, it’s not so much the weather more than it is Daylight Saving Time and how it gets dark so early this time of year. It makes the traveling that we do a little more difficult, but I suppose in the end, it’s worth it.

Hope you have a great time with your family, Moonspun.

Happy Thanksgiving.