Holiday stories

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Hi y'all

I thought Id get things rolling again since its been rather quiet lately with

the holidays and also with Berz being reduced to dial up mode.

I recently had a friend (you know who you are!) email me the most wonderful

story about something that happened to her 15 years ago during the Christmass

holidays.

It had to do with deciding not to ever have a dead turkey in her oven again. Her

story touched me and reminded me of a thanksgiving when I wasnt vegan, and all

my friends and I cooked, but when it came to the bird, no one wanted to deal

with it. I had to beg my friend to stuff it etc because I thought I was going to

hurl. (and this is when I LIKED eating meat!)Anyways we all got sick later...

end of that story.

My point is that I thought it would be cool if we all shared our holiday veg*n

experiences.

This Christmass was very different for me. I backed out of Xmas at my Mums n

finally with hesitation went to my Dads farm.

It was a fuss as usual to be the only veg* at the table, and even a question

about if there was butter in anything seemed to cause annoyance. But its funny,

in previous years, my requests for MORE butter were met the same way. Some

parents just want you to eat and shut up!

At one point though, the dead bird carcass was passed around the table, and the

smell was...well it actually nauseated me. I tried to pretend it didnt bother

me, and I passed it along, but then it ended up being placed right next to me so

that people could help themselves. Ugh! Thats when I couldnt take it anymore. I

had to ask if it could PLEASE be moved. I felt so bad, for the look on my Dads

face not only told me that he thought I'd lost it, but, in that pride of cooking

way, he felt rejected.

Later I made an efort to say to him " Dad, Im really proud of you for using free

range " (Like whatever! But it is an effort on his part to be pc) and I think he

apprciated that.

Sometimes I forget that for years hes cooked a bird for us and weve loved it,

and all of a sudden I reject his hard work and want no part of it. It cant be

easy feeding a vegan. Also there is so much misinformation that my whole family

is convinced that Ill waste away. Hmm considering my healthy robust frame, I

sncerely doubt that.

Anyways to make a long story longer, the dinner was great otherwise. As usual,

there were an abundance of yummy things from my Dads wifes garden (cold

storage); organic squash, potaoes, salad, plum cranberry sauce, wild rice, and

many mushrooms. Tres gourmet. I was full but the only one not nodding off on the

sofa after.

It was hard being around people eating a corpse and being asked so many of the

same dumb questions year after year (I represent the vegans yi know), but Im

glad I went instead of avoided the whole deal.

So thats MY HOLIDAY story. And yours?

Peace,

Bliss.

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