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I Love Working On Thanksgiving; Here’s Why
Family is what you make it
By the time we meet again, Thanksgiving will have passed, and retail advertising will have hit critical mass. This could quickly devolve into a lament about the passing of time or a rant about staging holiday merchandise too early (looking at you, Costco!), but it won’t…at least not yet.
The music world has followed suit, with a few Album of the Year lists already coming out. It’s wild. I know December is traditionally a slow month for new stuff, but writers still have plenty of time to find something they may have missed!
At any rate, I want to talk about Thanksgiving itself, or rather, how I spend it and why. I try to observe two traditions on T-day. The first is playing this song. Maybe this is a tradition we share? If it is, lemme know in the comments.
The second? I will be at work having lunch with my coworkers.
This invariably leads to two questions from readers: First, wtf are you doing eating lunch at 7 a.m.? Second, why are you at work?
The first answer is easy. We start at 4 AM, and there is a break in flight activity that makes 7–730 or 730–8 the perfect time. In this case, it’s really no different than any other day.