It’s not every day that one sets the table in crystal and china, and there’s a damn good reason–washing them sucks.
But I find that I quickly forget the meaning of holidays once I cease to celebrate all of their traditional irritations. And as I’ll soon be spending hours wrapping a pine tree with lights, so too did I spend the hours cleaning up after Thanksgiving dinner.
And why have any of these dishes at all if they’re never used? It’s a holiday to mark and enjoy life’s successes by indulging in excess, and to be thankful for all the stuff we have that we don’t normally appreciate…even if it has to be hand-washed.
I hope everyone had a Happy Thanksgiving!
–Simon