The old-timers, and by old-timers I mean my parents and grandparents, have a theory about what type of meat you should be eating for your Christmas and New Year’s Day dinners.
Christmas was always turkey. New Year’s Day was always a ham, pork roast or beef.
Yes, I know, most of us still follow this tradition, but there is good solid reasoning as to why we should, and back to the old-timers to tell us why.
Christmas is a time for reflecting and memories. A turkey or a chicken for that matter, will scratch in the earth, and back up a step to see what they have dug up to eat. So by having turkey, we take that trait and go back to talk about the memories.
New Year has us looking to the future. Pigs and cattle move forward to eat, therefore we want the coming year to be one of going forward and it is only natural to choose meat from an animal that does the same thing.
By now you are either laughing at what you think is a ridiculous story, shaking your head in wonder, or nodding your head at the sense it makes. Whatever you choose to believe - myth, superstition or common sense, it makes for a good story.
Me, I’m a believer in the old-timers. They made sense out of a lot of things.
Christmas was always turkey. New Year’s Day was always a ham, pork roast or beef.
Yes, I know, most of us still follow this tradition, but there is good solid reasoning as to why we should, and back to the old-timers to tell us why.
Christmas is a time for reflecting and memories. A turkey or a chicken for that matter, will scratch in the earth, and back up a step to see what they have dug up to eat. So by having turkey, we take that trait and go back to talk about the memories.
New Year has us looking to the future. Pigs and cattle move forward to eat, therefore we want the coming year to be one of going forward and it is only natural to choose meat from an animal that does the same thing.
By now you are either laughing at what you think is a ridiculous story, shaking your head in wonder, or nodding your head at the sense it makes. Whatever you choose to believe - myth, superstition or common sense, it makes for a good story.
Me, I’m a believer in the old-timers. They made sense out of a lot of things.
Ann Edall-Robson
Author, Photographer, Lover of Life
"Capturing moments others may never get to experience."
Author, Photographer, Lover of Life
"Capturing moments others may never get to experience."
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