'tis the season for over eating
December 27th 2007 01:05
Ah yes, Xmas and New Year's Eve, 2 celebrations of gigantic proportions within a week of each other- how spectacular. But let's not forget all the other things that need celebrating at the end of the year like various graduations, goings away and so forth. Add a few get-togethers just because and you have yourself a lot of people each eating enough to feed a small country. This certainly seems to be the way things have been done, but as Gen X passes on the torch of... something… to Gen Y, one really does wonder if this will continue.
A few Xmasses ago this little blogger was online and having an IM conversation with a friend who is known to be religious and have a large family; turns out the celebrations were wearing a little thin and this person had sought refuge online- no Xmas pudding for them.
Families in general are getting smaller, but if you think I'm going to go and find some official figures to support that you’re kidding yourself- you're just going to have to take my word for it. Small families mean smaller gatherings or no gatherings at all if the family unit isn't a particularly strong one so what we have ourselves are more people with no reason to prepare an Xmas turkey/goose/ stick some prawns of the Barbie.
Adding to our reduced waistband is the fact that we are Generation Paranoid about our Weight, so even if we have a mountain of holiday food in front of us, we're going to be sensible and eat smaller portions- or nothing after 6pm. You may think I'm kidding, but I have been to celebratory feasts where the hostess has not had a single bite because her diet forbade her from eating after sunset. Well that was her official reason, I suspect she'd poisoned one of the deserts but couldn’t remember which and didn't want to end up with it herself.
If my evidence is anything to go by (and it isn't) I suspect we're in for a menu revamp which features carrot sticks and water as the specialty. If however, you'd like to prove me wrong, please send me photos of your holiday meals; my blogs could do with a few more photos.
A few Xmasses ago this little blogger was online and having an IM conversation with a friend who is known to be religious and have a large family; turns out the celebrations were wearing a little thin and this person had sought refuge online- no Xmas pudding for them.
Families in general are getting smaller, but if you think I'm going to go and find some official figures to support that you’re kidding yourself- you're just going to have to take my word for it. Small families mean smaller gatherings or no gatherings at all if the family unit isn't a particularly strong one so what we have ourselves are more people with no reason to prepare an Xmas turkey/goose/ stick some prawns of the Barbie.
Adding to our reduced waistband is the fact that we are Generation Paranoid about our Weight, so even if we have a mountain of holiday food in front of us, we're going to be sensible and eat smaller portions- or nothing after 6pm. You may think I'm kidding, but I have been to celebratory feasts where the hostess has not had a single bite because her diet forbade her from eating after sunset. Well that was her official reason, I suspect she'd poisoned one of the deserts but couldn’t remember which and didn't want to end up with it herself.
If my evidence is anything to go by (and it isn't) I suspect we're in for a menu revamp which features carrot sticks and water as the specialty. If however, you'd like to prove me wrong, please send me photos of your holiday meals; my blogs could do with a few more photos.
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Comment by Garrett Mickley
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Also there was much alcohol involved and we all know how many calories are in that.
Comment by Wynona Lavota
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