Meat-and-Potatoes-Guy and I get two Thanksgivings every year. We go to my family’s house for a Thanksgiving lunch in the afternoon. Then we make the 40-minute drive to Chris’s family’s house for a Thanksgiving dinner that evening. We both really enjoy roast turkey and mashed potatoes, so we feel very lucky to get to have Thanksgiving and then a Thanksgiving do-over. We also feel extremely…
What causes a seemingly ordinary, commonplace experience to live on and become legend – told and then repeated again and again, slightly altered, lightly exaggerated – when family gathers? Here is one from my family: When we were young, my cousin Kristin and I were invited on 4-day vacation to Canada with our grandparents. Our parents gave each of us a small stipend of cash to spend on souvenirs and…