Every family in America has Thanksgiving day traditions, but not every family has a daughter with a blog. True to form, I took pictures to chronicle our many strange family traditions on the indulgent day.
Tradition #1: Get up and watch the Macy’s (Thanksgiving) Day Parade! Is it just me, or does anybody else get seriously peeved when somebody calls it the Macy’s Day Parade?! FYI America, “Macy’s Day” does not exist; there is no such holiday! *Sigh* I feel better. I’ve always loved parades, and the Macy’s parade is no different. I honestly don’t know what it is, but trust me, if you are at a theme park with me and a parade begins, expect to see me running towards it screaming “Parade!!!!!” (this actually happened during our last Halloween Horror Nights Trip; it wasn’t a parade, but I sure thought it was).
Tradition #2: Ruin mom’s photos. Every year, my mother attempts to corral our immediate family together and take advantage of the fact that we all look presentable by snapping photos for our family christmas cards. Every year, we attempt to ruin said photos.
Nice picture...
RUINED PICTURE!!!
Caleb and I getting in on the photo-ruining action
(Last Year) Collette, Chelsea, and Caleb getting in on the photo-ruining action
Best ruined photo from last year
Tradition #3: The Thankful Turkey. This is a very cute tradition invented by my creative mother years and years ago. Every year, she makes a paper turkey with large construction paper feathers on which every person at Thanksgiving dinner (which is usually around 40 people) writes the things that they are Thankful for. At the end of dinner, someone reads all of the entries. Some are funny, some are sobering, and some are simple but somehow thought-provoking.
This year's Thankful Turkey
Cousin Jennifer contributing her thoughts to the turkey's wise feathers
Tradition #4: Colonel Sanders? I don’t think anyone really knows the story or significance of the Colonel Sanders piggy bank, but the family heirloom keeps watch over our meals every Thanksgiving.
Colonel Sanders guarding the dessert table
Tradition #5: Eat, DRINK, and be Merry! Oh yes, our family loves wine. Of course, we demolish the meal and dessert, but we go through an impressive number of wine and beer bottles every year as well.
My dad and I partaking in this intoxicating tradition
Tradition #6: One smoked, one baked, and one deep fried. Oh yeah, we eat 3 turkeys and a ham every year, and being lovers of variation, we cook each turkey differently. We usually all cast our verbal votes for the winner, but it has become accepted that the fried turkey will win every year.
The aftermath (that's right, these are just the leftovers!)
Tradition #7: This family gambles on Thanksgiving. As is tradition, every year we all play 2 games of LCR. LCR is a dice game with a $3 buy in – it is all luck; no skill required, which means anyone can win, young or old. This year, the youngest player at the table (my brother, Caleb) won the first game, and the oldest player at the table (my great aunt Ruth) won the second game!
What a little Highroller
Great Aunt Ruth, the Bookie
Tell me about some of your family’s Thanksgiving day traditions! Do you all load up the van after dinner to hit the black Friday doorbuster deals? Do you only eat chinese food for Thanksgiving dinner? Tell me the weird ones! I want to know!
Oh, and Happy Holidays!
Forever Fierce,
Channing
P.S.
To all major radio stations and TV channels, NOW is the acceptable time to start playing Christmas music and Christmas shopping commercials, not the day after Halloween.
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This butch trend has been on the fashion scene for a while now, but I am still one of the only people I know… scratch that… the ONLY person I know (yes, I do know myself) who has attempted to wear them! 
I bought a pair from Forever21 about a year ago and I literally wear them all the time. I usually like my outfits to have a bit of an edge to them, whether it be fringe, feathers, big glasses, menswear, or denim outerwear, I try to work it in. The worker boot trend makes it so easy to add some grunge to an otherwise safe outfit. I wear my worker boots with anything from short sundresses to skinny jeans and enough layers of relaxed tops and outerwear to make you think that I am hot for the ladies. These boots also allow you to show off your socks! I rarely wear my worker boots without some cute/funky socks poking out the top! I almost feel like I can’t say anything that would convince a fearful fashion sissy-pants to try worker boots… you just have to go for it!
The fashion gods have smiled down on the lowly non-celebrities (and anyone else who cannot afford to pay thousands of dollars for a single dress)! Donatella Versace… yes, that Versace is putting out a line at H&M!!!! The line opens this Saturday, Nov. 19th and runs from $20 to $200! So not only is H&M launching their e-commerce soon, which we all know I am crazy excited about, but they also have one of the most sought-after, iconic high-fashion designers joining their team! Swoon.
