Oh, I know.........everyone LOVES Thanksgiving. I feel UnAmerican for even saying it, but..........I don't really enjoy it. Here is a comparison of my least favorite holiday and my very favorite holiday to do lists:
Thanksgiving To Do List
1. Phone relatives to coordinate time they are coming and if they are bringing anything. Their ideas of bringing things in the past: dessert (box of candy), fruit salad (bag of unwashed grapes)2. Put together a menu of turkey and carbs, none of which I'm all that thrilled about eating.
3. Shop for above menu items.
4. Clean house the day before.
5. Cook the day before and the day of the event.
6. Serve relatives and make small talk. Police the event by making sure certain individuals do not sit next to other certain individuals.
7. Watch as husband tries to talk people into playing board games. Just painful.
8. Wait for everyone to leave so I can clean up!
9. Fast forward to Saturday......listen to complaints about leftovers, again.
Valentine's Day To Do List
1. Eat chocolate.2. Have sex.
I'm just not sure how anyone can argue with the facts. There is no comparison.
Well, your V-Day itinerary sounds like pretty much every day at our house. . .
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I have to disagree. I do both those things on a regular basis, and don't need a day set aside in the bleakest month of the year for them. But I do like a day set aside for getting together with family and counting blessings. Even better, a holiday that doesn't involve the pressure of gifts.
ReplyDeleteHaha! Valentine's day wins hands down! ;)
ReplyDeleteThanksgiving is probably one of my favorite holidays. Family, food, and football. So good. :)
Craig - well then, count yourself lucky.
ReplyDeleteAgent - the pressure of making tons of food, having a clean house, and fretting over parent and in law issues is just way too much for me. I love VD because it only involves me and my biggest blessing.
Kat - I'm glad that others enjoy it. I'm just a grinch after 13 years in a row of hosting. I've even tried to talk my spouse into taking a family vacation the week of Thanksgiving, just to avoid it, but he wasn't on board for that.
well, i won't get into valentines much. as always, it's a miss around here. frankly 'we' have a better chance Thanksgiving even though she works all day for it.
ReplyDeletethough part of it is that i help her out thru much of it so she's a bit appreciative. maybe?
if the man insists no break for you i says no break for him!! does he at least get off his keester and help?
LOL!! Definitely Valentine's Day is a low maintenance holiday!!
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X - He does the turkeys amd the gravy because I find both processes gross. Of course, this takes up all oven space, leaving me to scramble with the side dishes at the last minute. He's not the problem though, believe me.
ReplyDeleteBetty - I am an extremely low maintenance girl.
Ha ha, so true. If you substitute Christmas for Thanksgiving, that is. How does Christmas always turn into such a tedious and gruelling process in which the fun always gets submerged under the obligations?
ReplyDeleteEat chocolate and have sex. That's more like it.
Nick - it's just more of the definition of a holiday for me. I cook and clean up after people on a daily basis here. This is why I refuse to ever go on a vacation where you stay at a condo. I am not cooking, doing dishes or laundry on my vacation!!
ReplyDeleteGood man that ... ;)
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ReplyDeleteEveryone has their point of view and experience.
My cousins in San Diego host by turn. Nobody does it twice year-to-year.
There is no pleasure, here. I am sorry to hear that :(.
xo
X - couldn't and wouldn't do it without him.
ReplyDeleteBarb - I survived!
lol, ya know. i like thanksgiving but you do have a point there.
ReplyDeleteLime - thank you! A good time was had by all, despite the appetizer bringer being an hour late (big surprise there) and someone shattering a glass tray (by accident) in the middle of the driveway.
ReplyDeletetrue story- my family used to be particularly lazy/ungrateful for all of Queenie's efforts on Holidays until i started a revolution. they now know they must help clear the table and plop dishes in the dishwasher if'n they wish to partake in dessert. and yes, everyone wants whatever Queenie is baking up.
ReplyDeletethese daze they volunteer to do more still. mostly ... little brothers can be soooo ornery.
My man person did all the shopping, prep, cooking, and clean up (I helped clear the table, that was it) and we only had one friend over.
ReplyDeleteIt was a really relaxing day for me and he was digging it because he loves doing all that stuff.
On the other hand...
candy and sex? Hard to go wrong with that combo~!
I saw this and thought of you. . .
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Although I enjoyed Thanksgiving this year, you have now convinced me that it totally sucks.
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