Thanksgiving and the Annual Family Chaos
When the Thanksgiving season arrives, distant family–sometimes practical strangers–are suddenly your ride-or-dies: or, they want to think so. One moment, you’re chilling on the couch, watching football with your brother, or in the kitchen, helping your parents to prepare Thanksgiving dinner, when the hairiest, burliest arms you’ve ever seen engulf you. Turns out, this man you’ve never seen before in your life is just your 2nd Uncle Todd.
These things just happen; when families get together for Thanksgiving, it gets weird. Here to comment is Declan Finnigan, 12, who’s had his fair share of thankful mishaps. Back in 2019, the Finnigan’s were hosting the family, and to accommodate everyone coming, Declan’s dad was in charge of preparing the 20-pound turkey.
“It’s been cooking for ten hours, right,” Declan begins, “So, it’s been cooking for a while… my dad’s been seasoning it, basting it, taking care of it–doin’ what you need to do. I kid you not, he cuts into the turkey–first slice: poof. It deflates,” Declan reminisced. I wish I knew a Turkey could deflate. Maybe I could have stopped Declan’s dad’s tears.
Another time, when Declan and his cousin were playing baseball in the front yard, Declan broke his own window; he thought he was done for. However, like a turkey-feathered angel descending from the heavens, Declan’s cousin covered for him. Absolute chad.
“You a G,” Declan promptly told his savior.
In another family function fluke, Winter Bell, 12, recounts the time her cousin, Jordan Bell, 12, kicked a hole in the wall.
“You already know how Jordan is; he just hates to lose. PJ (Jordan’s friend) scored on Jordan [while they were playing basketball] and after Jordan lost, he kicked a massive hole in his wall,” Winter said. Thinking quickly, Jordan grabbed a poster from the other side of his room and covered the hole. However, Winter and her friend Jayden had been “bullied” by Jordan all day: needless to say, they chose violence. Winter called her uncle’s fiance over and told her exactly what happened. “I just snitched, and to this day, I still told him that Jayden snitched. But it was me,” Winter admitted.
Well Jordan, the truth is out. Now you know who really narked on you that day.
As we welcome the holiday season into our homes, with Thanksgiving dinner and the fantastic family it brings, the Wind-Up wishes you the best of luck in all your festive endeavors. Whether it's a deflating turkey or a new doggy-door in the wall, we hope your Thanksgiving is full of surprises!