2020 Home for the Holidays

Page 44 2020 Home for the Holidays LINCOLN DAILY NEWS November 25, 2020 T his year, holiday meals will look different. They have to; a shared meal at Thanksgiving or Christmas is great, but is it worth spreading coronavirus. Let’s consider this for a moment; nope, pretty simple, Grandma’s life is not worth the same turkey we eat every year. Anyone who has kept up with the calendar this year will notice that time didn’t matter after March. In my head, the calendar was really three months of March, two months of June, a general feeling that late summer and early fall was a thing that happened, and then it was the first week of November, which is still going on, and on... Because time did not have meaning this year, a lot of holidays went unnoticed. Even though we should not be gathering at the table together (I really can’t stress that enough), we can still make the holiday fun. So why not throw the whole calendar in a pot and see what happens? “We already did with the literal passage of time anyway. Take Thanksgiving for example. Thanksgiving is usually turkey and ham; dressings; several forms of potatoes; cranberry “sauces,” and nearly a literal ton of pie. But what happened to Easter? What happened to St. Patrick’s Day? What happened to Memorial Day? What about Mother’s Day, and Father’s Day? What about Cinco de Mayo? Beyond that; the kids didn’t get graduation, and anyone with a birthday in this time should have stayed home. We missed out on everything that calls for too much food. So let’s put it all together instead. Here’s what to do this year to represent a truly messed up holiday feast for a messed up holiday calendar. And before I forget - apply this to Christmas, too. Be honest; we eat the same thing for Christmas dinner that we eat for Thanksgiving. I don’t know why, when we already ate the same thing literally four weeks before. Let’s review how we celebrate starting with St. Patrick’s Day. It’s the easiest one. Find a A curmudgeon’s guide to celebrating holidays this year! Continued n