Have you ever seen the TV show "The Waltons"? Where everyone is kind and loving towards one another? Where soft, innocent music plays in the background and you think "Man, this family is perfect"?
Well, if you have, my Thanksgiving is NOTHING like that.
Sure we all love each other. And sure we're nice to each other. But Thanksgiving is far from the way that people conceive it, and I'm sure that we all realize it.
Thanksgiving is one of my favorite holidays, because it's all about togetherness. No pesky presents to get in the way, or songs to make you hate the holiday, just being around family. And sure your Uncle Ted brings up that embarrassing memory where you "set fire to the cat that one Easter" or your Aunt June tells your father "how tall you've gotten", but don't we love it anyway?
Would we really be happier if Thanksgiving were more hackneyed and sweet? Or do we really just enjoy embracing how dysfunctional every really is?
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