Thanksgiving 2021
By
Gerry Niskern
Are you looking forward to Turkey Day this year as much as I am? What’s your favorite part of the day? The turkey, dressing and gravy, or maybe the luscious pies.
Not me. My favorite part of the day and always has been, is the games we played after the feast. Trivia, Taboo, Gestures(a version of Charades) and many more. You name, we played it.
I loved making the dinner for the family for too many years to count. But my reward for the work was the fun time winning at the games. The rule at my house was “no football watching ”on Thanksgiving and believe it or not, the guys in the family joined the games willingly.
Of course, the best Thanksgiving games were the ones that everyone from 8 to 88 could play. It was fun to have the guys versus the gals (the gals always won!)
It’s a new year. The long isolation of last holiday season is over and for that we all should be grateful. Grateful for the opportunity to be vaccinated and now, if caught early enough, the new medications to keep from ending up hospitalized. Grateful to laugh with and enjoy the family members and friends we couldn’t be with last Turkey Day.
So dust off the turkey platter, shine up the silver and break open a new game for a new beginning.
Gerry Niskern
Yesterday, Today, and Tomorrow
Yes Gerry, so much to be thankful for. We hope your Thanksgiving is a blessed one with good food, lots of family and plenty of game time.
thanks for your remarks
Yes I can’t wait for my sister’s chorizo dressing she makes outside of the turkey . It will be great to see family we didn’t see last year .
I’d love to taste that dressing!
I think your recollection is askew. Seems to me it was always the men who won the games. And we had the football game on too :o)
I think my memory is just fine…..the no football watching rule was enforced for the first twenty years and after that I gave up! and the gals definitely won more games, ask any of them!
I agree. We use to play volleyball but now it is gam s that everyone can play Z Lots of laughter. Family is spreading out so we aren’t always complete but still enjoy the ones who can come.
Good to hear from you Bobby