Not Your Average Sunday

My Super Bowl Tradition

“A Big Ass Sandwich”- 3ft sub that lasts less than a week
Chips and dip
Nachos
Chicken wings
Pizza rolls
Potato skins
Deviled Eggs
Potato Salad
… and when the guilt kicks in, fruit and veggie trays.
You would think this was enough for a small village, but in my family of four this is what the menu looks like for Super Bowl Sunday. This is not your typical holiday, but the buffet is treated with the seriousness of a Thanksgiving Dinner. Planed out for weeks, a list is posted on the fridge of the “meal plan” before any thing is even ordered. Thankfully, there is a treadmill in the house because it usually takes about a week of level 10 speed with maximum incline to burn all of the calories that are consumed on this day. We all pay close attention to the game as we all are avid sports fans. Needless to say, this occasion is always looked forward to with great anticipation. I fully intend to carry on this tradition when I start my own family as hanging out enjoying the game, commercials, food and each other have really become a staple in my untraditional family holiday.

Because of the small dynamics of my family, it is difficult for me to relate to Garrison Keillor’s, “A Wobegon Holiday Dinner”. I’ve rarely experienced the big family traditional holiday feast that I see on TV. and hear so much about from friends. I have however gone to my best friend Jason‘s house a couple of times to celebrate Thanksgiving with his family. “Thanksgiving is better when you’re with somebody else’s family and you can enjoy their little fights. Her mother and father sparred constantly, over silly things like money, whereas my parents fought with me and fought for blood, over ultimate truths and matters of faith” (page 228). I found this quote particularly interesting because this seemed to be the case when I was at his house. His family would always be bickering about money, and what was the latest big purchase that somebody made. I thought this was funny because the only reason money would come up in my family would be over how much we should tip the delivery man.