Happy Thanksgiving
How do you get to the point where you begin each and every Thanksgiving celebration right at midnight, staying up into the wee hours plowing through as many of the best holiday pies anyone has ever created as you can fit in?
It all started years ago when my three young daughters acquired the easy taste for those deserts. At first, we’d have no more than a couple as anyone does, but with growing girls and so many different kinds to choose from, as time went by the menu slowly expanded. And as the trio got older, they were eventually asked to pitch in which only extended the number, the types, the genuine appetite.
Putting in so much time and effort, a few years back quite naturally one of three wondered – on behalf of the other two - with so many available why not sample a few ahead of time? Thanksgiving pies are for Thanksgiving, they were always told. So, she called the bluff; what about midnight? Isn’t that still Thanksgiving?
Who could argue such enthusiasm and perception? Enforcing arbitrary boundaries of holiday “rules” just isn’t the point. Instead, making something fun and unique that’s easy for everyone to participate in, and truly enjoy, that seems to be the right way to go about it.
And, to be honest, getting caught up with the family and friends as well as all kinds of pies at midnight on Thanksgiving is just freakin’ awesome.
Even for me and I’m diabetic.
So, we are now in year four maybe five (who’s keeping track?) of what we call Thanksgiving Pie-apalooza. We all love the turkey and everything else, but our own spin on the holiday is something the no-longer-so-little ones will always remember, as well as a poignant reminder about what the true purpose and spirit is really supposed to be (not just naked gluttony).
It is easy to get lost in this doom and gloom we’re all confronting in our own reality. But while prudence demands focus on and constant attention to those many factors creating this growing whirlwind of distress, we have to always remain vigilante so as not to let all that overwhelm and overcome every perspective. Nor allow it to swallow whole all sense of appreciation and gratitude for those closest, most important, most dear.
To all of you reading this, whether you celebrate the holiday or maybe live outside the US where it might not be as obvious what’s the fuss or idea, I still wish you all a sincere and happy Thanksgiving. From me and my family to you and yours, I genuinely thank you for being a Eurodollar University member and supporter. Something we have only just begun giving thanks for.
All the best.
Jeff
