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Threads like these make me appreciate my family. The food is good, the people are civilized enough that noone would complain about how something someone else brought was prepared. Doesn't matter though because the food is always awesome and with the exceptions of a couple of extended members I enjoy talking with all of them. There will probably be 60 people at our dinner, it's nice to see them outside weddings and funerals.
We don't have yearly drama to anticipate, but the real fun is picking out the female cousin who has recently suffered the terrible breakup from the douchebag boyfriend we all could tell was a D-bag from 2 FB photos.....Yes, we have that horse this year. Overall, Holidays with our family are drama free and I enjoy their company.
We do have the occasional thing that pops up. A couple of years ago one of the citiy relatives wanted to take their boys shooting, which is fine. The issue was the items chosen and the way they were supervised. Long story short, mom's dog runs in front of a kid with an AR-15 and dies in front of several kids. That was the most interesting event I can think of between turkey and pie in our Thanksgiving history.
I wish more of you were able to enjoy your families. I'm truly lucky in that way, on both sides of my family and brideowanian's family. Good people.
Christmas is more interesting because we have a family dinner with a family group we don't at Thanksgiving. Definitely also good people I enjoy, but I have one uncle whose cheese has partially slid off of his cracker and he decided he is a preacher who has had 5 near death experiences....His after dinner slide show is always good for some eye rolls and back table jokes. That's the worst I deal with and it's pretty tollerable because it's funny.
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