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| The Thanksgiving Dilemma: Feast AND Go back for seconds |
| Tuesday, 17 November 2009 00:00 |
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Thanksgiving is all-but unique among our holidays in that it actively tells us to feast. Sure, other holidays condone it, and their gatherings have plenty of food, but at Thanksgiving the meal, the feast of gratitude for the harvest and for life itself, is the centerpiece, the occasion around which the rest of the festivities are arranged. This arrangement leaves us with a bit of a dilemma: our normally weight-conscious culture is telling us to pig out, just this once. I've given this dilemma some long, hard thought, and realized that there can be but one answer: we have to feast. Hit the buffet line. Go back for seconds. It's only once a year, and we could probably use the extra comfort food to face the cold weather and the holiday stress. Let's look at the pros and cons. The cons, first off, are the possibilities of gaining weight or getting heartburn. They're both temporary, transient, forgotten by New Years. The pros, however, are the uninhibited participation in kindhearted, warm, and beautiful tradition, the community of friends and family united in thanks, and the cozy, drowsy good mood that follows a feast. The decision, in my mind, is a simple one. Enjoy! Quote this article on your siteTo create link towards this article on your website, copy and paste the text below in your page. Preview :  Powered by QuoteThis © 2008 |
| Last Updated on Monday, 16 November 2009 17:31 |
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