Yeah, but do those other countries meet up once a year to eat a giant bird, then go to a different room to immediately watch TV and take a nap? That’s what family is all about…right?
Are you really making fun of thanksgiving by saying we eat a giant bird(aka turkey?). Personally thanksgiving is a wonderful holiday and one of the few times all our cousins and uncles get together. We bonfire and sing pre printed lyrics of songs. We eat a delicious meal that everyone contributes to and yes football is on in the background after throughout.
Personally thanksgiving is a wonderful holiday and one of the few times all our cousins and uncles get together.
This was what I was "making fun of". I get that it's hard to get together when this is a massive country and families are often dispersed, but the point was that it's typically Thanksgiving when families all come together, then it's see you later until next year.
Don't get me wrong, I love Thanksgiving, but it IS silly how much of American idealism is centered around the concept of family, but for a lot of people it's one or two times/year that the family gets together in this type of way.
I grew up outside the US before moving here. When I was a kid, we'd see both sides of the family at least 1/month. Shorter drives (under 2 hours), but still, way more frequent.
America, as I gather, does have some issue with lack of familial contact. That being said I have 18 first cousins, 5 siblings. As you said many are 3000 miles away in California or even 3 hours away in New Jersey and are starting to get married and have babies. I see plenty of my family and even cousins about once a month or two and we plan a cousins fest at a lake house in the summer.
You’re generally right though and I feel like an exception and am lucky for it.
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u/Thatguyyoupassby Feb 27 '25
Yeah, but do those other countries meet up once a year to eat a giant bird, then go to a different room to immediately watch TV and take a nap? That’s what family is all about…right?