Thanksgiving Traditions

There are many traditions that I grew up with, most notably was the turkey (obviously), cornbake, family, grandma's spiced cider and of course football.

Thanksgiving day, or the day after was when all the guys would gather, no matter the age and play football. Be it with friends or family, there is always a game to be had. After high school, these games became progressively harder to play in as age increased. I remember some family games, the uncles and older cousins became the time clock, when they pulled a hammy that was when the game was called. Sometimes the games lasted 3 plays, it really depended on the physique of the older participants.

Growing up in Michigan there was another tradition, watching the Lions get their Thanksgiving dinner handed to them. They are the lovable losers of the NFL, except they are not lovable. Except when they had Barry Sanders, it is/was always fun predicting how bad they're going to lose.

They are the worst sports team in Michigan, some of the high school Junior Varsity teams could actually give them a good game I think. Most of the time, we only had to watch 2 quarters to give up on them or pass out from a food coma. Much like today, predicting at least which is not too far fetched, interest is going to be lost on their game today about 10 minutes in. The only reason I'll continue to watch is because there is nothing else good on and I'm not quite ready for all the Christmas movie re-runs yet.

Happy Thanksgiving!