I crave traditions - something we do each year because we have always done it. I grew up in a nuclear family of four - my mom was one of ten (!) kids so I have 61 first cousins on her side of the family, but we moved to Nebraska from Utah (where they all live) when I was four and any self-respecting Nebraskan knows you do NOT travel across Wyoming to get to Utah during the winter so we never went there for Thanksgiving or Christmas. I can only think of a few times when my dad's parents (he was an only child) came to Nebraska for Christmas. Once in awhile we would go to Kansas where a lot of my dad's relatives lived for Thanksgiving, but Christmas was almost always spent with just the four of us. I don't have memories of Aunt So and So's famous cranberry sauce or the post-turkey game of Crazy Eights. I honestly can't imagine it was that exciting for my mom to whip up a Thanksgiving dinner for just the four of us...cooking and cooking and cooking, just to have us finished eating in like 10 minutes! Plus, I was always the odd-girl out after Thanksgiving...I was ready to play and hangout with my friends, but none of them could because they were off at grandma's house or grandma was visiting or whatever.
Now I seem to have created another non-tradition-filled family. It's just the three of us...in Georgia. Who wants to make a turkey dinner for three people? My parents are just getting too old to travel so far anymore and we're planning to see David's family at Christmas. So, what should we do? Personally, I think we should start our own Thanksgiving tradition of a mini vacation. Someplace nearby so we can drive and we aren't just sitting around the house staring at each other for four long days! Pick a place with an indoor pool and some nearby attractions and just go. Let me know if you have any ideas!!!!
Tuesday, November 13, 2007
Traditions
Posted by LoriAnn at 11/13/2007 08:43:00 PM
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Your Thanksgiving tradition should be to travel to a different historical site for the weekend. Perhaps a Civil War battlefield, colonial city, or maybe a state capital. Thanksgiving is an American holiday, so why not see America? Each year see a different piece of America and you can do it without traveling great distances.
Tell David that he can't write in "anonymously" to suggest Civil War battlefields.
I say go for the beach! And a nice resort hotel. Room service anyone?
Anything is better than what we get - Mike's family is gathering as usual. But all members are too old, sick or tired to cook anything. So he suggested to his 94-year-old grandmother to choose her favorite restaurant. We're eating in the Hy-Vee deli. Yum.
Tee hee. We're having the traditional HyVee turkey dinner this year too! My mom's not in the mood for cooking, but their coming to O-Town anyways, just to have a day out of town. My brother's little boy has been ill and their thankfully spending a day together with their little family all at home for the week. That was a small blessing. But they can't really have too many people around, so we're kind of split up. Hopefully next year we'll all be back in Trumbull with my mom's whole family, eating too much and being all together (all 60 of us!). I hope you find a tradition that suits your little family. I think togetherness is key. Happy Thanksgiving Nebraska Belle!
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