This years Thanksgiving, I wasn't able to experience the yearly tradition of being with family, and enjoying the traditional foods that the holiday is associated with. Instead, I ended up working on Thanksgiving night. I work as a concierge for a building on 72nd street. So i was constantly watching people arrive and leave, all in anticipation to spend time with their loved ones and the celebrate this special holiday. I wasn't entirely out of luck though, as i was working the same shift as my father, which in my eyes is better than nothing.
But being that I remember every other Thanksgiving I celebrated, I could state that I was heavily involved with the yearly tradition that the holiday brings to us with eating, being with family, etc. Also, i can most definitly connect this holiday to Death.
Although I heard from family members that this year was yet another great holiday, this year was kind of awkward and different from the rest. This year was the first year that 2 family members were absent due to them passing away lasy year, one of them, right around Thanksgiving. Because of this situation, it brings new meaning to tradition of the holidays, at least specfically my family. Thanksgiving is about being thankful for many things. In my family, family itself and Life are two things that were held especailly close this year, due to personal experience. It pretty much falls into place, because whether or not people have had deaths happen to loved ones, this holiday and other holidays pays tribute to togetherness, love and appreciation.
So while food is in fact one of the main topics Thanksgiving has to look at, not only is there other topics existing, there were alot more important topics that my family paid more attention to this year. So in a way, Thanksgiving is a blessing in itself, because a night of good food and being with family is the only excuse you need to be togtehr with loved ones and a symbolic way to say, "I'm thankful".
