This Thanksgiving/Black Friday weekend has always been a weekend of family, friends, and tradition. For me, it's early to bed on Thursday night so I can go to work at the wee hours of the morning. While I'm at work, dad goes up north for the weekend and mom & my brother and sister go to get our tree, and the evening is spent decorating and setting everything up.
Although things went a little differently this year, not actually being on 'Thanksgiving Break' and house-sitting, a lot of our traditions found a way to happen. Our tree is up and full of light, I was at the mall by 3:00am for work, and though it's not Friday night, I'm still making my holiday Chex Mix. It's my favorite thing to make around the holidays. Double the recipe and of course, I add about 4 times the amount of Worcester Sauce (The best part!) So as I wait for it in the oven, stirring once every 15 minutes, I can't help but remember all those times before I've made this very same mix exactly a year before. -How much has changed since then, graduation, my new job, the people around me...and how blessed I am to have all that I do.
Food has a funny way of bringing back memories. Think about it. When you take a bite of that gooey chocolate chip cookie or that piece of cinnamon toast, or maybe it's a type of fruit or drink, immediately, you're brought back to your childhood, when that one bite was the greatest bite of all. I think that's what makes the holidays so great, each year a tradition is met and memories from past years are remembered. I can only await the coming month with more traditions and memories.
Hope you all enjoyed your holiday weekend!
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