HW 18

Over the break i had my thanksgiving meal at a friends house rather than traditionally eating with my family(due to minor complications brought up among my family). This wasn't the first time this has happened but this usually happens during and after the meal then we all make up and party at the end. I usually look foward to thanksgiving because its a big thing in my family, so when I heard this wasn't going to happen I was a bit pissed off. Because of this I found myself being more of a critic than guest because i kept comparing this thanksgiving to when I have thanksgiving with my relatives.
 One thing I could not complain about was the food.There was an immense amount of food even though there were about 12 people eating there was still leftovers. Before we ate we blessed the meal and got ready to eat, but before we began our host told us of a old tradition. The host had a tradition to eat all the food that was brought to the meal ,because if all the food was eaten it would bring good luck. After hearing this I remember feeling obligated to eat as much as I could, not that I dont like to eat a lot but now I felt like I had to eat a little bit more than normal.At the feast there was a lot of food because everyone(My mom, friends, people from church) brought food. This is usually the norm for most thanksgiving feasts and I remember my brought up the point why do people feel they "have" to bring more food then you can eat to thanksgiving which was a good point but then again how wierd would it be if there was not enough food for everyone, and people had to watch others eat? Any way the food was mostly traditional thanksgiving food, turkey, cranberry sauce, coleslaw, potato pie, mashed potatoes, baked mac n cheese, etc. Rice was added to the menu later, because when my mom heard there was not going to be any, she decided that no matter who's house were going to we might as well not go if there was no rice. When we were all done eating we had a time to say what we were thankfull for and why, which was cool because some people where thankful for things i never thought of. Afterwards we sat around and did in home activities none of which involved excessive movement, because after a meal like this no one would want to for fear that their food might come back up. So some watched t.v others, played cards and other games, and the rest just hanged around.One thing I found funny was that usually at all the other thanksgiving meals Ive been to people try to take food home with them, but this year the people who came where trying to get rid of food.
 When ever I eat with my relatives its more of a party type of thanks giving with dancing, and guys trying to out do each other in sports and other games like domino's. But this year although it was fun it didn't feel "live" mabe because I had to eat double my intake for the sake of tradition.