We have survived Thanksgiving, black friday, and cyber monday. Sunday football during this part of the season seems rather tame. The players seem less interested to play.Why can’t we also alter the Thursday game routine. Instead of Detroit and Dallas, lets start by letting winning teams retain the title to play on Thanksgiving Thursday. Win then you return to play again next year. Simple enough.
Now is the time when we spend too much time and money installing those lights on the house and in the bushes. I am super guilty this year. My house is a freakshow. Clark W would be proud.
The fun parties and gatherings with friends and family will begin. We will have discussions with people who interject with uninformed or worse… misinformed perspectives on sports and politics and sometimes (ugh) sex. To make these moments worse, you take the bait in the conversation and engage in the discussion with an opposing view or comment. You can’t convince the misinformed person the error in the info. They just stick to it. It is very uncomfortable. There is only a narrow escape or the dreaded “you’re an idiot” bomb.
Often, people impose their strong stance why certain foods are worse/better than others. It is hard to be merry around people who strongly like something and dislike another. “I never each cranberry from a can”. They let you know your liking a bad food is crazy. PS. I sort of enjoy the cranberry stuff from the can.
All the news around black friday. All the people who prepare and subject themselves to such pain to percieve savings on products only to fall prey to the system by purchasing more than they planned.
Who is the joke on now?
This is a yearly reminder of the racist leanings your elders might have. There is always a relative that visits whom you seldom see. You catch up on things. Keep it light, but somehow you will get into subject where Grandma and Grandpa can’t refrain from making a comment about a sports player or an actor dating someone from another ethnic group. Very uncomfortable. Avoid conversation about Obama or Palin. Those are land mines.
As Patrick Swayze (Dalton) says, “Be nice.”
