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The Mountain Press â—† Sunday, November 22, 2009
Holidays all about unity The front yard has become a colorful collage, covered with different shades of orange, red, and gold. Several cars with license plates displaying various states pull in the driveway, crunching over the fallen colors. Grandma hugs the breath out of me before even entering the house. Aunts and uncles converse in the living room, being reunited for the first time in months. Everyone is anxious for the celebration yet to come, having fasted all day in anticipation of the event. Finally, Mom comes out of the kitchen and makes the announcement. Thanksgiving dinner is ready. Firstly, the great turkey is passed around, topped with stuffing and oozing gravy. It is followed by a massive honey baked ham, its aroma traveling around the table much more hastily than the plate can be passed. Next comes a radiant dish of homemade cranberry sauce accompanied by green peas, sweet corn, fresh rolls, candied yams and mashed potatoes. Finally, the caboose of the long train of dishes approaches containing a fresh pumpkin pie. All of the dishes return to their starting point barren and empty.
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The event consists of masticating ecstasy and joyful exchanges of dialogue. After dinner, the night consists of lounging on sofas and recliners for the majority. Entertainment is offered by the few relatives still energetic enough for interpretive storytelling, possibly spurred on by the help of a few spirits. As the night rolls to an end, farewells
are made as everyone begins slipping on coats and scarves. They then exit into the nippy air, returning to their slumbering vehicles. Having been fully satisfied by their meal to last until next year, everyone leaves the driveway, and departs in all different directions on their own unique path of life. Wherever the coming year make take them, they will never forget the single day when all of their paths met at a crossroad, so that they may cease their traveling and enjoy a pleasant evening in unity. — Dylan Gamza is a senior at Sevier County High School. E-mail to dylan.gamza@gmail.com.