Thanksgiving. Sigh.

Funny how different we see things. When I was a kid, think 1950s, I don't remember anything special about thanksgiving. When I was older, and we had kids, my wife (may she rest in peace) went all out for Thanksgiving (and Christmas).

Then our son went away to college, and it was just my wife and I and our daughter. We decided to go out for dinner at a very nice place. What was pleasant about it was that our daughter, who was only a year younger than our son, got to be the center of the attention for a change. The waiters gave her their undivided attention (she was 18 and lovely) as did the fella that was roaming around doing "portraits" of some of the guests. It was great. Don't remember the food, though. I will always look back on that night with fondness.

The last big family T-day we had was in 2007. My (second) wife and I had a sit down dinner for 27 people. Turkeys, hams, prime rib, yada yada. A good time was had by all, but by the next year we were retired and living a 1,000 miles away, and have moved 4 more times since then. We did spend several Thanksgivings and Christmas at the Tampa Hard Rock Casino. It was just the 2 of us and I could smoke a good cigar and drink a couple of glasses of wine while she played the slots, then have a meal in one of the restaurants on site. They were always busy, mostly us senior citizens.

Sorry to ramble on
 

Buckeye said:
Funny how different we see things. When I was a kid, think 1950s, I don't remember anything special about thanksgiving. When I was older, and we had kids, my wife (may she rest in peace) went all out for Thanksgiving (and Christmas).

Then our son went away to college, and it was just my wife and I and our daughter. We decided to go out for dinner at a very nice place. What was pleasant about it was that our daughter, who was only a year younger than our son, got to be the center of the attention for a change. The waiters gave her their undivided attention (she was 18 and lovely) as did the fella that was roaming around doing "portraits" of some of the guests. It was great. Don't remember the food, though. I will always look back on that night with fondness.

The last big family T-day we had was in 2007. My (second) wife and I had a sit down dinner for 27 people. Turkeys, hams, prime rib, yada yada. A good time was had by all, but by the next year we were retired and living a 1,000 miles away, and have moved 4 more times since then. We did spend several Thanksgivings and Christmas at the Tampa Hard Rock Casino. It was just the 2 of us and I could smoke a good cigar and drink a couple of glasses of wine while she played the slots, then have a meal in one of the restaurants on site. They were always busy, mostly us senior citizens.

Sorry to ramble on
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Please don't be sorry. I enjoyed reading about your TG memories! :)
 
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Sassycakes said:
For the first time in over 50yrs of marriage, my husband and I and my daughter and her family have been invited to her sister-in-laws for Thanksgiving dinner. My son in laws Dad passed away last month so I won't refuse.
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Sassy, is that the Dad whose wife was so nasty to him all the time? Was she polite at the funeral?
 
I was invited to my aunt's house this year. Nine people at a table that could sit 6 comfortably. Not many partook of the corn caserole I brought. The stuffing was burnt, the mashed potatoes were cold and the gravy was the consistency of pudding. My cousin told a joke I thought was in bad taste considering recent news events. One of her guests asked how old I was. When I told her, she told me her age which is about 15 years older like she was bragging. She then asked when my birthday was. When I said "April" she said, "April Fool's Day?"
So I guess it was a typical American holiday.
 

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