Eat Till You Explode

Last week was one of America’s greatest holidays, Thanksgiving. The holiday where everyone spends time with friends and family, eats so much food, says what their thankful for, and then more recently, follow it by trampling people at stores to get the cheap items they want. It is quite a wonderful holiday, allowing us to reflect on the people and things in our life that we most cherish. The three f’s are what I believe most people are always thankful for. This would be friends, family, and of course food. Who doesn’t love food? Food is one of the most important things in life and each culture has a different kind of taste, making them each unique and interesting.

Upon us is the holiday season. This means Christmas time and New Year’s, a time where everyone spends time with friends and family, gives gifts, and parties. Oh, and how could I forget the most important thing, EATING!

Holiday season is a time to put on some pounds, with the delicious foods. Typically, during Thanksgiving, people eat turkey, mashed potatoes and gravy, green bean casserole, sweet potatoes, bread, and cranberry sauce. For desert, there is usually an assortment of pies, such as pumpkin and pecan. Everyone eats till their pants can’t fit anymore, and that is how it should be. Just as you think, you cannot eat for another three months, the rest of the holidays soon follow.

Christmas, is a time to eat a lot of food and baked goods, once again. Though you vowed not to eat as much, you just can’t help it. For this holiday, people eat meat, like turkey, ham, chicken. Bread, cheese, vegetables, are also part of the meal. But the things that everyone loves are the baked goods and sweet stuff, like candy canes and sugar cookies. Cookies in general are made through the whole season, from shortbread, sugar, to chocolate chip. Cupcakes, chocolate, bark, brownies, eggnog, any item you can think of, can be made and will be made. Everything somehow has a Christmas twist to it, by either adding peppermint, or decorating it as if it is Santa, his reindeer, a Christmas tree, like bells, or stars. It is just a magnificent time of year, where everyone cooks plenty of food, and eats plenty of food. The holiday spirit is upon us and we have no excuse, we must eat till we explode. It is a requirement.