Happy... what holiday is it?

I hope everyone had a happy thanksgiving. I'm thankful to be eating normal food again. Not that I didn't enjoy the thanksgiving feasts but each meal is like a grand production. I keep expecting someone to roll the credits at the end of dinner. Instead they bring out the pie.

Thanksgiving is really an overlooked holiday. It's just one of those things we have to do in order to get to Christmas. If the holidays were a family, Thanksgiving would definitely be the middle child. No one really wants it that bad. I'm sure that someone has tried to combine Halloween and Thanksgiving just to get it out of the way. I feel sorry for the kid that got a piece of pecan pie in his bag of candy. "Happy Thanksween, kids. Who wants the Hershey bar dipped in cranberry sauce."

Thanksgiving seems to be a fitting holiday for the midwest. I doubt that people on the west coast are pouring heavy gravy over their entire plate of food. Neither are they eating three pieces of pumpkin pie and a handful of caramel bars for good measure. For some reason it just works well in the midwest. Maybe it's a subconscious thing where everyone is trying to insulate themselves for the long winter. Whatever it is, it's impossible to escape. Regardless of whether you like the green bean casserole you will eat it. (Whether or not you can taste the green beans is another story.)

That's all for now. I'm gearing up for the birthday bash. This blog is a year old on December 15.