Thanksgiving

Usually my family has Thanksgiving at either our house, my dad's brother's house, or my other dad's brother's house. But since all three of our us live in Lexington, we gather at one house and have Thanksgiving there. Sometimes one of my grandparents will come, another relative from out of town will show up, or one my older cousins will be out of town. On this Thanksgiving, we had about 16 people at our house, 5 from my family, 5 from my dad's brother's family, my dad's brother and his wife, my cousin, my cousin's friend and my cousins's friend's friend, and my mom's mom.

The Thanksgiving meal is pretty typical. My mom , aunts, and grandmother cook the food which usually consists of turkey, fried turkey, mashed potatoes, sweet potatoes, corn, peas, corn dressing, oyster dressing, sausage dressing, fruit and vegetables, and then a variety of desserts. Then around 1:30 or 2:00, we eat our meal together.

After we eat, we graze through desserts and pick at whatever food is left while we talk amongst ourselves. This usually lasts for hours sometimes ending at 10:00. So when everyone has left, we collapse on our beds from exhaustion and sleep like there's no tomorrow.