Thanksgiving Festivities

Thanksgiving traditions in my family have been all over the place the past few years. Last year, we were driving down to Florida on Thanksgiving Day to help my sister move. We didn’t arrive there until around eleven that night. Since we were all tired from an extremely long drive, it was too late for dinner to be made, unless it was frozen foods, since that is what we resorted to. But this year, we are getting back into our traditions. Everyone is always up bright an early, helping my parents out with cooking all the food for dinner. Oddly, we all name our turkey early in the morning before he goes in the oven to start cooking. Once the clock strikes nine, me and my sisters are glued to the television, watching the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade. During commercials, we switch the channel to other parade coverage to see watch the different performers. We usually eat dinner in the early afternoon. The table is filled with the usuals; turkey, corn, mashed potatoes, green bean casserole, cranberry sauce. Like most people, every stays at the table until their stomach is filled to its fullest capacity. My mom won’t allow me and my sisters leave the kitchen without helping clean up. Afterwards, the family is all together in the living room, generally watching our first Christmas movie of the season. Once our stomachs are all settled, my mom sets the table up with numerous different pies. She always makes homemade apple, sweet potato and pumpkin pie. Also, my grandma makes either a chocolate or peanut butter pie. The ends comes to an end rather early though. The next morning, me and my sisters are up around 2 AM, putting on our winter coats, gloves and boots, to go wait in line to start our Black Friday shopping!