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November 9, 2005
Give Everyone The Bird This Holiday
By DEANNA DAHLSAD
Holiday traditions are not always as sweet and gentle as Norman Rockwell
paintings. While the collective US 'remembers' warm moments of sharing
enormous dinners with family as we discussed how grateful we are - there
are other more realistic holiday memories, other traditions...
Family members stressed out with all the 'things to do', kids annoying
them as they prepare the food, and other family members who just seem to
do all the celebrating while others work so hard.
While these traditions aren't as quaint & charming as those we see in
commercials or the warm and fuzzy moments we see on the covers of
magazines, Kat Caverly has made sure even these memories have been
captured. You'll see the overworked-under-appreciated mom 'give the
bird' to the not-so-helpful dad and the oh-so-annoying children. The
ungrateful-away-at-college girl may miss dinner, but in this ecard, she
gets 'the bird' too *wink*
I recall many (every?) Thanksgiving where my folks argued about the
amount of work that went into a meal when so many people didn't seem to
appreciate or care about what they all had to do. I'm pretty sure they
too thought they were delivering 'the bird' to everyone at the table
when they served that turkey...
And I too admit to a holiday to two where I didn't want to come home to
be with the family - I was too busy enjoying my 'freedom' and
independence. (Not to mention a meal without a drunk uncle.) I
eventually couldn't stand my grandmother's tearfilled 'Oh, OK...' and
came back for Thanksgiving dinner & all the trappings - complete with
drunken uncles.
But that's tradition! And that's when I knew I was home, having my real
Thanksgiving dinner.
Posted by photocartoonist at November 9, 2005 10:46 AM