I'm curious about American holidays. Does anyone opt out of a holiday? Will anyone opt out of thanksgiving?
Tax for bringing up a topic that isn't about chickens.
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I don't celebrate any holidays. One of the many nice things about my partner Juan is that he doesn't see any need to participate in them either. Of course holidays are different here in Ecuador, but neither of us keep track of when they are, much less engage in any sort of family or eating ritual.
Juan lived away from his country and family in the US for almost 20 years, so that's probably his reason -- in addition to his hermit-like nature. I grew up on basically a compound of extended family. 2 blocks (6 houses) where my grandparents, aunts, uncles, and cousins all lived in one big, loud, Italian American intergenerational clan. For holidays, all 50-60 of us would cram into my grandparents house somehow to eat and gossip and pretend we liked each other. Well, maybe some of them actually did, who knows. We had to rent big folding tables and metal folding chairs from the church and once we sat down, it was literally elbow to elbow, shin to shin, until the meal was over. Which, being Italian, the meal took hours. There was only enough room to maneuver to pass the ravioli. During prayers, I prayed for the day I would be old enough to excuse myself from the table to wash dishes in the kitchen.
Anyway, being something of a black sheep, it was all pretty traumatizing. So I pretty much stopped all holiday activity once I was old enough to move out.
And there are two silkie mixes, so maybe little cream eggs too!
