Come, ye thankful Readers, come! As you know, it’s all about coffee in the November issue of Sky—a fitting theme, given that this is the time of year when “they pass around the coffee and the pumpkin pie.” It’s also the height of travel season for Americans.
Typically, the Thanksgiving holiday celebrates home and hearth. When I was a child, hours upon hours of televised football—a trial for pint-sized Wanda—preceded the long-awaited meal. But who’s to say Thanksgiving can’t include a getaway?
In recent years, I’ve been packing my bags—and golf clubs—to spend some quality time with loved ones on the links (an antidote to all those calories in both pumpkin and mince pie!). A friend tells me that she and her family head for the coast every November and feast on . . . spaghetti and meatballs. And of course there are themed excursions, such as the “I Love a Parade” package at New York’s Mandarin Oriental, celebrating that great tradition, the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade.
That’s the beauty of this uniquely American holiday: It can be anything you want it to be. So please satisfy my curiosity by revealing your Turkey Day traditions and/or memories, especially if they involve travel. I’m all ears…
Your faithful Pilgrim,
Wanda
Delta Sky
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November 9th, 2008 at 12:41 pm
Thanks for the idea that individuals can do more than just sit around and eat turkey during the holiday season. While it might be tempting to gorge on food and watch football until the tryptophan takes affect, the getaway idea you mentioned can also be used as a more entertaining way to have fun with the family as well.
It reminds me of the upcoming movie “Four Christmases” where each year they attempt to take a trip out of the area to avoid having to go to all four houses during Christmas. However, if the family is more traditional, then I suppose an individual could take a trip before Thanksgiving begins. I was recently assisting someone in planning a trip to Las Vegas and you would not believe the deals I found! A package deal of a round-trip ticket, tower room at Circus-Circus, and a car rental for 3 days and 2 nights came out to a little over $415. There was another hotel on the strip where had they chose that then the price would have been only $387 total. It blew my mind and it was all right before Thanksgiving.
I would love to hear more about other package deals and ideas for travel and fun during the holidays. Traditional family gatherings are great, but sometimes families should do more than eat turkey and curl up on the sofa.