Much unlike other family reunions over the years, the amount of people attending has dissipated due to small quarrels and scheduling problems but the approach on the holiday remains the same if not stronger. Despite how awful I thought the turkey was this particular thanksgiving, everyone still ate more than they could handle simply because of the day and its “significance” to them.
This common belief that we must celebrate the supposed peace between the pilgrims and Indians (neither of which we are descendants of) gives a license to drink and break out the sweatpants in case you bloat from eating too much. If you think about it, why is this over-indulgence so important to us? I believe that through this eating in which we find comfort, we can find pleasure and some sort of fake strength to cope with any tribulations we may have.
Having family members missing because of these problems forms an environment in which everyone knows what is wrong and they struggle to overcome it by dulling themselves with these quick cures.
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