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Cheesegiving: A History

Some years ago my little sister and I realized there was something fundamentally wrong with the way we'd been doing thanksgiving. We'd arrive at the place where the dinner was to be held (and were happy to see each other as we've not spent a whole lot of time together since before I went to college), and would sit for the hour or so before Thanksgiving dinner and talk and less importantly eat from the variety of cheeses and crackers that are the pre-dinner staple of our set.

There were assorted bries - plain and with fruits and other things; gouda and jarlsberg; and a whole host of spreads. There were also salsas and other things for tortilla chips and other h'ordereves brought by the many guests. Point being, that in the hour or so before we actually sat down to eat Thanksgiving dinner we were stuffing ourselves with cheese and other things and when it came to the actual meal we didn't have nearly as much room as one might want when confronted with a spread that occupied a table larger than the one that actually sat people.

And so we invented Cheesegiving, and for the past few years we have gotten together the day before Thanksgiving to sit and talk with friends and eat cheese and crackers and drink some nice wine. That way, when the holiday comes the next day we have no appetite for it and can just eat and get drunk like normal Americans.

This year, however, my sister is off at vet school and won't be joining us for Thanksgiving and so Cheesegiving will be a much less enjoyable affair for me. And so I thought instead I would share the story of the Holiday with my friends on Fu. Have a Happy Cheesegiving... I hope your Thanksgiving is nice too.

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