There are only a few occasions when thanksgiving isn't that great. First is when you get assigned to be a Pilgrim instead of an Indian. Face it, Pilgrims are lame. The hats are embarrassing and you can't really spice up black and white. Indian's on the other hand, are much more fun. You get to wear feathers and decorate your own vest made from a brown Krogers Bag. It can have hand prints, and deer, and buffaloes, and bows and arrows. And you can't argue that Runs Like the Wind and Squatting Dog aren't much cooler Thanksgiving names than Jedidiah and Esther. Thanksgiving also isn't that great on islands.
Thanksgiving is a great holiday because there is no pressure. You don't have to buy any presents or decorate the house or tree. You don't have to wear a certain color scheme. The Iron Bowl is only two days away. You can eat more on that day than is physically possible on any other day. And then, you get to nap. Not because you are lazy, but because it is a fact that turkey has sleep medicine in it (please comment with name of that drug). Also, its always on a Thursday, so you take Friday off of work and you get a 4 day weekend, getting Wednesday off too is even better (important to note that in the hotel industry, you don't get extra days off, only your scheduled days).
I spent my Thanksgiving Day on Jost Van Dyke in the British Virgin Islands. Kind of ironic that most of my day was spent in a country that doesn't celebrate the holiday. After that I had dinner at Maho and the food was great and abundant. Friday went sailing in the Thanksgiving Day Regatta out of Coral Bay which was nice, but even after spending two days on the water and on beaches I'd give it up to be in Kentucky with family.
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