At 4 minutes after midnight
I was sipping egg nog. I usually wait until after dinner but it was officially
Thanksgiving Day and I deserved a treat.
For me, Thanksgiving has always been about watching the
Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade while I assembled a lasagne in the kitchen. Then
I had to find some oven real estate once I was done; my mother always got a
head start on me and the turkey would have hours more to go. In recent years,
I’ve gotten hooked on the Dog Show, so I watch that too. Once I wasn’t living
at home anymore, Thanksgiving involved a bit more travel (Brooklyn
to The Bronx, sometimes, all the way to New Jersey!)
but the food and camaraderie was always there. The giving thanks part of the
day also became more apparent the older I got.
