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This is the way I feel. I like thinking about holidays past without feeling the need to recreate them
and I surprised myself today while talking to a friend by saying that if I never had to cook or eat a traditional T day dinner again it would suit me. Nothing about the meal will be missed by me.
yes - that is how i feel too. My parents are no longer alive. And we used to help mom do the prep work the day before. Her food was so good.
It is just not the same now. So it doesn't bother me to just spend the day in pajamas watching TV!
I used to love Thanksgiving, and I did most of it myself. There have been a few years in the last twenty when I did not cook. But I have cooked the big dinner many, many times. I am tired of doing it. I don’t have the energy for it the way I used to. I do have help. DH handles most of the cleanup. I will have some food contributions, so I am not responsible for every morsel of food.
But I am bored and tired of doing this.
And yet I do treasure the time our family spends together.
And, this year, I will be doing some more of this at Christmas.
Don't care for it.
I never celebrate silly holidays anyway.
While others stress out over food, dinner parties, and racist relatives, I chill at home since it's just another day of the year.
All this kvetching about Thanksgiving woes got me thinking - how do people really feel about the holiday?
I love it. Time off from work, great food, no presents to buy, a chance to instill some gratitude in the teen. Love it.
Almost all of our relatives have died or moved on to new families or areas. We like having our cozy family holiday to ourselves with the child & the pets & the great smells & tastes & time to watch movies or binge watch TV shows.
I enjoyed the Thanksgiving festivities when I was a child up to the time I graduated college. The ones spent with my father's sister and all that clan were especially fun. I guess from time to time in my adult life I must have attended TD dinner at someone's home, but I have no solid memories of it.
I do remember going out with a friend two or three times for holiday dinner. That was nice because he was a bright guy, which made conversation interesting. Other than that it was just a day off from work, a chance to go out boozing late the night before and then sleeping in on TD. Then I would get up and read and listen to music.
It had to be a minimum of thirty years, I think, since I have done dinner at someone's home. In my childhood we had a parade through town with a band and a few groups on July 4th down to what was originally a Civil War monument for a speech or two and wreath-laying. And then that stopped happening. Nice memory. Thanksgiving Day is the same, a memory of days gone by.
When past events like this cross my mind, the recollection is pleasant; but I don't actively miss these things nor anything from the past. I am old, my life is the present.
My favorite holiday since I'm single and alone. I can cook what I wanna cook and pig out while not feeling guilty.
And Black Friday might be entertaining.
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