Thanksgiving

My best thanksgiving times were always thanksgiving in New York.

when I lived in Chicago and Florida, i always flew, rode and drove to New York. Heat, dry, wet, cold, snow. Always great.

And right after, Ma would go shopping. :)

Hated it. The shopping, that is. For ma, it was her little yearly treat because she would go to the 34th street area and shopped everywhere.

Thats her idea of fun, shopping. And she loved to drag me around with her. Her way of showing love.

The shopping i wasnt fond of, but being out and about in the crisp of a New York fall with the energy of the hustle, bustle of shopping.

Thanks ma. ;)
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In all my times in New York, I have never, ever been to the macy's Thanksgiving Day parade.

On thanksgiving day, i preferred to be with my family and the eating. And standing out in the cold??

nah, i preferred to watch it on TV.

now, I wish i had gone to at least one.

I'll get to a parade.
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NYTimes: Turkey Is Basic, but Immigrants Add Their Homeland Touches

My ma took to the Thanksgiving holiday with a vengeance.

For her, this was the family's high holy day. The time to have her kids around her. If we werent in NY, were summoned.
She would put on a feed, spending all day to make the turkey.

The menu would have a jamaican flavor tho.

Mashed potatoes and gravy? Heck no. Jamaican rice and peas. Much better. :)

and even tho we had the Turkey, there would be a chicken too, for whats the best meat to go with Rice & Peas than chicken? And we had a little curried stew. Plantains, natch. Sweet potatoes, but the jamaican version.

Jamaican fruit punch, flavored with real fruit juices.

She would insist on having cranberry sauce.

Nobody, except her, would eat that.

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Mamahell: Hey JOE
Happy holidays !
JPennant: hey hey :-)

Because Ive been living on my own all over, working and not working, holidays without ritual, most holidays dont register as all that special.

It's all the same to me.

Frankly, at the least - i dont even realize when the holidats come around and at the most, theyre annoying, becasue everything shuts down while Im trying to do things.

Pay attention, and you'll realize i dont go around saying things like 'Happy Holidays'.

i just dont. :)
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Hmm ... early thanksgiving eating.

Serotonin kicking in...