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ibegurpard

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12. I enjoy getting together with my family

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Wed Nov 21, 2012, 01:38 AM

Nov 2012

and I love Thanksgiving dinner.

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My wife: Should we rethink Thanksgiving as a holiday? [View all] diabeticman Nov 2012 OP

It wasn't always this way. We weren't always a maniacally consumeristic culture. NYC_SKP Nov 2012 #1

As do I. xxqqqzme Nov 2012 #5

+1 n/t DanM Nov 2013 #62

I'll take the paid holiday. demosincebirth Nov 2012 #2

+1 Johonny Nov 2012 #46

I respectfully disagree Samjm Nov 2012 #3

Could not have been said any better............eom mrmpa Nov 2012 #6

Agreed. n/t DanM Nov 2013 #63

My thoughts precisely as I read the OP. . . Journeyman Nov 2012 #14

Really nice post. Union Scribe Nov 2012 #15

+1 stklurker Nov 2012 #28

I agree, though we do have a Wii, Playstation & BluRay player. stopbush Nov 2012 #35

LOL! Sekhmets Daughter Nov 2012 #55

Go Giants! stopbush Nov 2012 #56

Well said. And I think the problem starts with the concept of "must have" item. Squinch Nov 2012 #52

You must be a real downer to be around. former9thward Nov 2012 #4

NO you aren't getting what my wife is saying. LOOK at our society today. You either are wealthy diabeticman Nov 2012 #8

I'ts part luck and part love. And I mean really love. nolabear Nov 2012 #11

I understand what your wife has written JustAnotherGen Nov 2012 #29

+1 n/t DanM Nov 2013 #61

That's not Thanksgiving at my house frazzled Nov 2012 #7

I feel the same way. Even in tough times, Thanksgiving OffWithTheirHeads Nov 2012 #19

+1 DanM Nov 2013 #64

I think you should celebrate Thanksgiving like YOUR FAMILY wants to, and stop worrying Lex Nov 2012 #9

Kind of a nice thought BUT when you have friends and family whose seats are empty because they diabeticman Nov 2012 #10

I don't get this Samjm Nov 2012 #17

I work most holidays. we do Christmas on the nearest day off loli phabay Nov 2012 #24

I enjoy getting together with my family ibegurpard Nov 2012 #12

Same here. A very happy, stress-free time for my family to relax. n/t FSogol Nov 2012 #36

My extended family, we enjoy each other's company. Aristus Nov 2012 #13

2004 we said no politics. actually, my very mellow, sorely disappoint repug hubby that was sure seabeyond Nov 2012 #38

Isn't it the least commercialised holiday of them all? Ron Obvious Nov 2012 #16

Congrats! I know that feeling. Rather my wife does. About 18 months ago she was in a simular diabeticman Nov 2012 #21

I think it's nice of you to be concerned about others who are stuck working. Michigan Alum Nov 2012 #18

when thnaksgiving is here, that is what our hosue is. anyone that does not have a place to go, are seabeyond Nov 2012 #40

After Thanksgiving, we aways have "thanks a lot" OffWithTheirHeads Nov 2012 #20

I hide in the house on Black Friday. People are fucking nuts. HopeHoops Nov 2012 #22

I enjoy Thanksgiving brokechris Nov 2012 #23

It's not Thanksgiving's fault for the Black Friday madness. Tommy_Carcetti Nov 2012 #25

Correct. It is also not Thanksgivings' fault that many families can't or won't get along together. FSogol Nov 2012 #37

Exactly. Tommy_Carcetti Nov 2012 #43

One of my most memorable Thanksgivings was spent serving and eating dinner Jackpine Radical Nov 2012 #26

Celebrating a holiday is always optional slackmaster Nov 2012 #27

I answered on another post you had in this thread JustAnotherGen Nov 2012 #30

true that, as i did just what you said, below. and maybe it is as much to point out to the OP that seabeyond Nov 2012 #32

we really do create our own. now granted, i am seeing in laws, and they are hard for me. seabeyond Nov 2012 #31

Your wife writes and punctuates exactly like you ksoze Nov 2012 #33

I enjoy Thanksgiving. If people spend their time traveling & arguing, that's their choice. Honeycombe8 Nov 2012 #34

that truly is the glorious and wonderful of hitting 40. damn straight. seabeyond Nov 2012 #41

You've said it best. SheilaT Nov 2012 #53

Our holiday shopping has been done for a couple of weeks now. MerryBlooms Nov 2012 #39

every year i say... every year. lol. and nothing. christmas cards, too. seabeyond Nov 2012 #42

I pretty much had my shit together this year- MerryBlooms Nov 2012 #47

ah, that is so awesome merry. that is what it is about. nt seabeyond Nov 2012 #48

Malls, retail stores, advertising, coupons, and sales all suck. FarCenter Nov 2012 #44

Thanksgiving week has always bee the only holiday that I really enjoy 1-Old-Man Nov 2012 #45

The holidays are what we make of it liberal_at_heart Nov 2012 #49

Black Friday came about because it was the only way Corporations could turn Thanksgiving lunatica Nov 2012 #50

If you do not like it, why celebrate it? Drahthaardogs Nov 2012 #51

Black Friday isn't Thanksgiving. I've done T-day in many different ways. Have always liked it a lot. pinto Nov 2012 #54

I like Thanksgiving MUCH MORE than Christmas. onecent Nov 2012 #57

I support Small Business Saturday for shopping. libdem4life Nov 2012 #58

I love Thanksgiving. It is by far my favorite holiday, bar none. Codeine Nov 2012 #59

The Native Americans call it SomethingFishy Nov 2012 #60