This is a fun one!

Best gift i've ever given...hmm...i'm a pretty awesome gift giver if i do say so myself..haha, but I think the best was probably either a surprise party (i've given 3) or concert tickets (i've given jingle ball, rascal flatts, flyers, and nickelback).

Best gift i've ever gotten...another hard one...probably plane tickets to visit my family in florida or the tickets i got from my boyfriend for my birthday to see The Lion King on broadway (THIS SUNDAY...SO EXCITED! ). I'm a hardcore theater buff and I have wanted to see this show for.ever. can't waitttt.

p.s. this has nothing to do with the question, but I watched the CMA Christmas Special this weekend...even if you aren't a fan of country music, it totally puts you in the best mood and gets you so excited for the holidays :)

Giving Tree

The best gift i was ever given was a trip to Paris. For my 16th birthday I was given the choice of either having a huge sweet 16 party or a trip to France. Of course I chose the latter! I went with my adventurous (and CRAZY!!) aunt for over a week. It was one of the best times of my life.

Looking back at the best gift I've given makes me cringe. I gave my ex-boyfriend of almost 3 years a diamond braile dog tag. It spelled out love in braile diamonds. Fortuanately, I had it engraved on the back, so if he ever wears it, it will be awkward haha.

Holidays around the corner

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It's going to be another fun week - but don't worry, we're getting back to the serious stuff soon!

What is the best gift you've ever given?
What is the best gift you've ever received?

The best gift I've ever given is probably a baby grand piano...there was even a huge bow on top.
Best gift I've ever received was probably my graduation trip to Niagara Falls from Andrew.

Thanksgiving and the entire family

The biggest tradition in my family is thanksgivings dinner at our house. My house has everyone in my extended family in it for thanksgiving. Christmas and Easter are always at different houses every year as it is on a rotation. My mother was smart and got us out of this rotation by volunteering to always have thanksgiving at our house. You may think this was a bad idea but it was a hell of a lot easier to cook stuff rather than have toys, clothing, and money going everywhere during gift exchanges.

So, when I say everyone, I mean everyone. all of my aunts/uncles, all of my cousins, all of my parents aunts/uncles, and all of my grandparents and some family friends. This totals to about 50-60 people in my house for one HUGE Thanksgiving dinner. It is always, always an incredible tradition and holiday where literally everyone that is related to me gets together for what is widely considered a bigger family holiday then christmas. (at least, in the U.S.)

This year, however, the first in at least 10-15 years, was the first year we did not follow this tradition. this is because of future events and thus was spent with just my mothers side of the family at her sisters house. Now, just because it was a vastly smaller group of people, it still felt like thanksgiving and everything was equally as great as its been in the past. And even though I can't wait till next thanksgiving when we're back in the full swing of things, I will admit that the change of pace was welcome.

A Little Late

Completely forgot about this last week so here we go. As far as traditions, my favorite has to be laying on my couch all day watching football and not having to move until dinner is ready. Personally that has to be the greatest thing about thanksgiving in my opinion. Other than that I lucked out this year because we switch off either eating at my cousins or at my house. My cousins happen to live directly across the street but I still found it nice not having to leave my house for an entire day. Eating is a passion of mine so obviously thanksgiving is a great holiday in my eyes. Besides the food and relaxation its nice to see family that comes over after dinner to catch up over the past year. Thanksgiving is definitely a great holiday.

happy unthanksgiving

So out of the what it seems millions of holidays, Thanksgiving is the holiday I loathe the most. Don't get me wrong, I LOVE food, but this food is worth waiting for. If Thanksgiving had hamburgers, it might be a different story. It boggles me why families will spend hours in the kitchen to cook a meal that I feel is gross. Plus, this lovely holiday leaves me with few options, as well, to curve my hunger after the meal. Thanksgiving closes down almost every food place and store! In short, I guess you could say my Thanksgiving tradition is to scurry to my room after the meal is over to sulk. (jk..but seriously)

Happy Thanksgiving!

What are some of your favorite family traditions during Thanksgiving? What do you look forward to the most?

Thanksgiving is definitely one of my favorite holidays. For me, it’s #2 in my power rankings behind Christmas. Anyway, Thanksgiving is such a great holiday because of the traditional value it holds. Bringing family together and eating a ridiculously unnecessary meal is what it is all about. I particularly like Thanksgiving because of that reason. However, I do have some Wallace family traditions. On the morning of Thanksgiving, my neighborhood gets together and plays a big game of football called the “Turkey Bowl.” Me, my dad and two younger brothers have played since I can remember and will continue that this year. Sticking to the category of sports, each Thanksgiving night Ridley plays Interboro (our rival highschool) in ice hockey at a local rink. It’s typically the biggest game of the year and is always a packed house. I played in this game for the 4 years I was in high school, so I try to go to that every year to see how our team is doing. Moving on to the meal (what I look forward to the most), we always have turkey, stuffing, mashed potatoes, etc. My favorite dish is probably either broccoli casserole or baked mac and cheese.