Back in the Day

Remember being a kid and holidays were actually fun? What happened to that? Thanksgiving used to mean parades, turkeys and getting together with family and having a good time! Now its all about it being an obligation rather than something you want to do. I couldn't understand when people would spend holidays with friends rather than family--the idea was crazy to me! Now I can't tell if my family has changed over the years, or was it always this way and I was just delusional? Either way I long to be 8 again before i knew what tension was.