It shouldn’t surprise anybody that I believe in holidays. I like decorations and food and odd traditions and even my family (ha!). This year is a weird one. We’ll have the turkey and all the other good things, but we will only be three of us—no parents, no other kid and kid-in-law, no siblings, nothing. It’s the right decision and one that I hope lots of people make so that we all continue healthy and we are eventually able to gather safely.
I often post about choosing wisely at holiday meals. Not this time. For several reasons.
One: Not one of us needs something else to stress out about. You want all pie for Thanksgiving dinner? Go for it. If it makes you happy, be thankful you have pie and knock yourself out.
Two: It’s one day. The occasional gravy-palooza is good for the soul. We don’t want to make it a habit, but once in a while? No worries.
Three: We probably don’t want to indulge as much as we think we do. If we have been feeding ourselves healthy food on a regular basis, we may find that our bodies are not quite sure what to do with so much butter and sugar and all. We have learned what makes us feel good and overeating ourselves into a coma is not usually it.
I will, however, suggest that a nice socially distant walk/run/bike/whatever outside would be a good thing at some point during the day. It’ll feel good, I promise.
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