I Brake for Thanksgiving

If you fear the chorus of Fiddler on the Roof " TRADITION!" being assigned to you by others-Don't panic. Others can have their traditions but that doesn't mean it has to include you. You are entitled to your own traditions. You may have to resort to telling others that you've been invited elsewhere-even if that means you've been invited by yourself to sit in front of the TV and cross stitch. I like giving gifts on Thanksgiving. I like to give gifts that it get us in the mood for the following Christmas holiday.

I prefer to skip the traditional meal and share the traditional pumpkin pie with friends and family.

Even if you are in the mood to spend the day in the traditional Thanksgiving meal preparation-there're a few things you can do to help make the day go a little more smoothly.

Make sure your family knows their specific duties well ahead of time, so merely plopping down in front of a football game is not their sole purpose in life on Thanksgiving Day. You can print out a fun checklist from your computer complete with something like " Team Jackson " at the top to hand out to immediate family. Get creative with a roster subtitled: first, second, third and fourth quarter, listing family responsibilities. This can include everything from serving pie to doing dishes. You might enlist those who are not graphically challenged to help you make a decorative list. Even crayons will work. This is a nice way to help each person do their part.

Personally I hate turkey dressing and think it is one of the grossest things ever invented. Warn folks ahead of time if your family tradition is some other food specialty. If they make a lot of fuss about not having dressing or other such thing you don't have time to make-politely ask them if they'd like to volunteer to bring some. You might encourage them by bragging on their dressing making capabilities and suggesting their wonderful dressing recipe.

After all Thanksgiving can be the time for being with loved ones- not having one person stuck in the kitchen. We can all be thankful at this time for healthy legs and arms with which to help out. Remember many hands make light work . One of the neatest things about Thanksgiving is the good tradition of sharing. I pray that's one tradition that never dies.

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