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How do YOU show your green graces at Thanksgiving?
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Thanksgiving is a time where we reflect all the goodness in our lives: our freedoms and resources, our health and happiness, our home and family . . .
It has become tradition for us to celebrate our bounty by lavish feasts. And well we should celebrate the reasons we are thankful for in our lives. But when we turn the holiday into a contest of how many dishes we can create and eat in comparison to last year's feat, we lose sight of the meaning somehow. This day is not about excess and gluttony, it's about gratitude.
Those of us who have dedicated ourselves to sustainable living are confronted with a problem unique to this season. Years of tradition where we tried to force-feed ourselves a third slice of pumpkin pie after eating a 20-pound bird, in which we may have taken part, haunt us. When we decide to change these traditions, it appears we turn our backs on something that was devised as a means to bringing our families together.
My question to you, gentle readers, is how do YOU uphold your principles when you are a guest at a non-organic, super-stuffed, family Thanksgiving dinner? Is it possible to do so without appearing as a snob or irritating extremist? Can it be done without insult, offense, or exclusion? What do YOU bring to the table (literally and figuratively) that mends bridges, strengthens ties, and reinforces your lifestyle values?
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