The season - Part II

No. I don’t like Thanksgiving either. My traditional holiday glumness has set in, and I’m comforting myself with a strange chocolate covered wafer from Poland (that, incidentally, is made by Kraft).

The only tradition I really have on Thanksgiving is getting drunk before dinner. As I mentioned earlier, the food is not that great. I don’t really like turkey and I HATE HAM. Sweet potatoes are still potatoes – vegetables are NOT dessert. And the first Thanksgiving I spent with my wife, I realized I was totally deprived of the true benefits of the holiday when my aunt sent us to the grocery store for a couple of pies. Apparently, as Heather would explain, they aren’t always frozen.

This year I’m spending Thanksgiving at home, which means I’ll have to channel my mother’s guilt from hundreds of miles away. I’m making dessert, of course. I’ve decided on chocolate chip pecan pie and pumpkin cheesecake. And I’ll give thanks this year for the fact that the holidays do only come once every 12 months.