In 2008 I spent Thanksgiving just with my mother and father. Early morning, we woke up and got seats on the bleachers to watch the Thanksgiving Day Parade. It was fairly cold, but it’s always worth it. This is a tradition with my immediate family, and it is always such a joy to watch the parade. We love watching the parade, buying souvenir-like things from the vendors and observing all the families there with little children. The kids are always the most excited and in awe. That afternoon was spent napping, no one was particularly in a cooking mood (from the early morning wake-up, you see) and we knew that we were going to go out to eat anyway, so we felt it was earned and appropriate. We then took the subway to Times Square and got tickets to see WHITE CHRISTMAS on Broadway, which none of us had ever seen. It was a fantastic show! There were lots of families seeing the show, and it really was a treat. My family watches the movie every year for Christmas so the show was just a necessity. Afterward, perhaps around 10:30pm, we had a late dinner at Juniors. Following the wonderful dinner was, of course, Juniors’ cheesecake. A wonderful ending to a wonderful day.
