Thanksgiving has always been the start of the holiday season for my family and I. There are so many traditions that my family and I take part in on Thanksgiving Day.
My mom and I like to get up early and watch all of the parades on TV. The Philadelphia parade has always been a favorite of ours, one of the reasons being that the Pennsbury Marching Band, my high school's marching band, has always been invited to march and perform in the parade. This year, the marching band was chosen to be the special marching band that led Santa Claus to the Art Museum steps for the parade's grand finale.
Thanksgiving is also the first day that my family is officially allowed to listen to Christmas music. Well, according to my mom and grandmother it is. My mom has always cooked Thanksgiving dinner, and we host my mom's side of the family for dinner. For years my grandmother always brought over her favorite Christmas cassette tape and during dinner would be the first official day that we all listen to Christmas music. Since cassette tapes are no longer popular, and the fact that we don't have the means of playing one anymore, my mom has taken job of the Christmas music selection.
When we're done eating delicious turkey, my grandmother asks all of us grandchildren to give her our Christmas lists. I've began to notice that as we all get older, our Christmas lists seem to get smaller and smaller, but oddly enough, the prices of the items seem to go up higher and higher. Go figure!
My dad's side of the family comes over for dessert, and that's when the sweets arrive! Chocolate cake and pumpkin pie...oh my!
Thanksgiving is one of my favorite holidays, but not because of the parades, giving away of our Christmas lists, or even eating chocolate cake for dessert. It's because I get to kick off the holiday season with all of my family together, under one roof, at my house, looking forward to the holiday season to come.
Let the holiday season begin!
Tuesday, November 30, 2010
Wednesday, November 3, 2010
Political Confusion!
I will never, EVER, understand politics...period.
I watch The View everyday, and what is the number one topic that is talked about on the show? Yup, you guessed it. Politics. And with yesterday being Election day, you can bet that the show's main topic of conversation would be...POLITICS!
The lovely lady's on The View usually have one to two politicians come on the show every week. Each political guest has their own personal views on certain topics. Today, former mayor of New York, Rudolph Giuliani, made a guest appearance on the show's "hot topics" segment. Now after 9/11 happened, and though I was very young, I began to learn more and more about terrorism, and nationalism. I especially learned about nationalism with the way Giuliani handled New York City, and even more, the country. He was one of the leaders who brought our country hope after such tragic events. I have high respect for him because of that.
During today's "hot topics" (which is this week's "Red, White & View" segment) on The View , Giuliani talked about the recent election and how he feels about President Obama. Now here's where my "political confusion" comes into place. Giuliani went on to say that Republican Sarah Palin is just as qualified to be president as President Obama is.
CONFUSION! I thought that people took Palin as a joke! Someone who is unqualified! Usually when Saturday Night Live does more than five sketches on you, you know your a joke. Examples of this would be: Eliot Spitzer, David Paterson, and recent Republican nominee Christine O'Donnell. Now Christine O'Donnell hasn't had more than five sketches based upon her because of how "new" she is to the political world, but Spitzer and Paterson, on the other hand, have.
I don't think I will ever be able to understand politics...NEVER EVER. The only conclusion I have come up with about politics is this: There will always be people who DON'T agree with the current president in office and there will always be people who DO agree with the current president in office. It is a cycle that will keep spinning forever and always.
So just when I think I have politics figured out, what happens? Political confusion.
I watch The View everyday, and what is the number one topic that is talked about on the show? Yup, you guessed it. Politics. And with yesterday being Election day, you can bet that the show's main topic of conversation would be...POLITICS!
The lovely lady's on The View usually have one to two politicians come on the show every week. Each political guest has their own personal views on certain topics. Today, former mayor of New York, Rudolph Giuliani, made a guest appearance on the show's "hot topics" segment. Now after 9/11 happened, and though I was very young, I began to learn more and more about terrorism, and nationalism. I especially learned about nationalism with the way Giuliani handled New York City, and even more, the country. He was one of the leaders who brought our country hope after such tragic events. I have high respect for him because of that.
During today's "hot topics" (which is this week's "Red, White & View" segment) on The View , Giuliani talked about the recent election and how he feels about President Obama. Now here's where my "political confusion" comes into place. Giuliani went on to say that Republican Sarah Palin is just as qualified to be president as President Obama is.
CONFUSION! I thought that people took Palin as a joke! Someone who is unqualified! Usually when Saturday Night Live does more than five sketches on you, you know your a joke. Examples of this would be: Eliot Spitzer, David Paterson, and recent Republican nominee Christine O'Donnell. Now Christine O'Donnell hasn't had more than five sketches based upon her because of how "new" she is to the political world, but Spitzer and Paterson, on the other hand, have.
I don't think I will ever be able to understand politics...NEVER EVER. The only conclusion I have come up with about politics is this: There will always be people who DON'T agree with the current president in office and there will always be people who DO agree with the current president in office. It is a cycle that will keep spinning forever and always.
So just when I think I have politics figured out, what happens? Political confusion.
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