Atypical Holiday

Thanksgiving is the stereotypical holiday at our household. My mother always ends up cooking a great Thanksgiving meal that takes all day long to do. The men in the household try to stay out of her way in lue of invoking the wrath of the hurricane, but we help do the simplest of simple tasks in order to try to expidite the cooking. This year, however, was a special occasion, Thanksgiving was not the only reason for celebration as the 24th of November is my mother's birthday. In addition to the little tasks we had to perform every year, we had to also try to speed up the cooking process even more. My father had the best idea; buy her a mini-oven that could be plugged into the wall. Not only were we able to give my mother a gift that she could use during the future, but we also gave her gift that allowed her to speed up the cooking process, something she liked but did not like to do all day.