Thanksgiving Pleasure



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By: Chris Valletta

Has anyone ever stopped and wondered why Thanksgiving is such a pleasurable day? Well I did that today, and I came up with a few things on my list that helps answer this question:

1. Spending time with friends and family.
2. Eating an insurmountable proportion of good food.
3. Football is on television all day and night.
4. Almost everyone is off from work and school.

These are the top four reasons that I could think of that give me pleasure on this holiday, and I would assume this follows suit for many others as well. Its interesting to actually sit down and think about the things you receieve pleasure from after experiencing it for so many years. It helps to see the bigger picture in life and the direction that you are heading in. At the same time however, circumstances change and people change, such as when we all age and grow older. Holidays in general used to mean so much more to me as a little kid, but nowadays with so much responsibility and things to do, I'm thinking ahead to what I have to accomplish before I get back onto campus this Sunday rather than sitting back without a care in this world.