(Photo courtesy of Robyn Bruton)
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With siblings scattered across the US and Europe, it has always been pretty much impossible for us to get together for Thanksgiving, but there has always been one tradition of Thanksgiving that makes us all feel like we are together again; we've got the traditional dinner.
Even if there is only 3 siblings there as opposed to eight, my mom picks a 20 pound turkey with all the trimmings. So if anyone needs a place to eat, call on me, we'll have extra.
Once our dinner is finished, whoever is there, will partake in the name drawing process of our Not-So-Secret Santa Gift Exchange. I guess it is your average Secret Santa, but with so many siblings, you rarely ever get the same person two years in a row. If we have guests over they take on the role as one of the siblings that is not there to draw for them.
This year, we are expanding our horizons and adding everyone's spouses. On the night of Thanksgiving, wherever the Goodwin family may be in the world, they wait for the call to tell them who they got and who got them, and with that, we are together again.
- Joanna Goodwin, junior
