ChiKat

Happy Thanksgiving! Since I was eight years old, I have been saying the following on Thanksgiving, "Yes, I know it's Thanksgiving, but even on Thanksgiving I don't eat turkey."

My family has a tough time with that concept. They get that I don't eat turkey, but apparently there is a loophole in vegetarianism that I don't know about, a loophole that allows for turkey on Thanksgiving. It's like white meat:

"No, thanks. I don't eat meat."
"But it's white meat!"
"…"

Another loophole my family has tried to introduce me to is the "baby animal theory":

"No, thanks. I don't eat meat."
"But it's lamb!"
"Errr…lamb is still meat."
"But it's a BABY animal…it's HARDLY the same."
"…"

Anyway, while I fend off turkey, I will have a delightful time eating green beans, potatoes, vegetarian stuffing and salad. The whole time I will be thinking, "Thank goodness…less than a week left to this whole 'posting everyday' crap."