Oh Thanksgiving, the holiday of food and family. I’m onboard with eating and wholeheartedly appreciate the encouragement to overeat on this special day, but over the years the logistics of flying home to my family—thank you military days, traffic jams, and weather delays—have added an element of stress.
Perhaps that’s why I gravitate toward a few Turkey Day aspects the puritanical pilgrims hadn’t imagined: football and drinks. Football is highly effective in creating a bit of physical space and provides an acceptable reason to shush cousin Jimmy, but it is the drink that can truly take the edge off of Thanksgiving.
