The experience of Thanksgiving was quite different this year. I felt abnormally weird eating food this year. This was most likely because of the food unit that just passed, I felt very guilty eating and didn't even finish one plate. This was very weird for me because I hadn't eaten all day, similar to last year where I even went on that night to eat 8 meals. I'm usually one of those people that uses thanksgiving as an excuse to have an all you can eat buffet, meanwhile not even knowing the true meaning of thanksgiving which it pains me to admit. In my family thanksgiving has become more about socializing and discussing issues in the world, and with ourselves. I would much rather this than to have us all at a dinner table stuffing our faces. It seems to be becoming more and more cultural and traditional. Not to sound conceited but this may be because as I get older it becomes more socially acceptable for me to chat with the adults. This makes it all the more fun.
A new tradition that me and my family took part in this year was, watching the football game. Even though, I don't enjoy watching football just because my family was there it was alright. We all gathered around the T.V. and watched football, conversed during commercials,and ate food. It couldn't get much better than that. It's definently unhealthy to eat and watch t.v. while just sitting down, but this is one of those examples where Thanksgiving is used to show that body centered practices dominate over anti-body practices.
Honestly I don't think it's a bad thing that there is at least one day a year which is completely devoted to body centered practices. After thanksgiving is over, or all the food is eaten people often become very sluggish/tired. This is probably due to the rapid ingestion of food that was eaten.
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