Wed 21 Nov 2007
New Year’s Eve has always been considered by most people as the biggest party night of the year, for obvious reasons. Professional partiers are joined by a whole lot of amateurs as they get blasted into the New Year where many of them will not remember a lot of what they did or drank.
However, tonight, I am told, if I think that people can’t remember New Year’s Eve, then I can’t imagine that tomorrow morning and afternoon so many young people are going to wake up with either alcohol-induced vomit or the words “What the hell happened” coming out of their mouths.
Tonight, the night before Thanksgiving, is really the biggest party night of the year. Bars will be packed to the gills as people, mostly of the younger generation, will jam into them to party. Of course, that means consuming way too much alcohol and not remembering a darn thing what happened to them or what they drank. Bars tonight are going to make a mint off drunken party-goers who are celebrating….I don’t know what.
I’ve asked people why tonight is considered the biggest party night of the year. No one can give me an answer. They just can’t believe I never heard of the party label given to Thanksgiving Eve. Oh, it can’t really be considered just a Thanksgiving Eve kind-of-tradition because this night will stretch into the wee hours of the Thanksgiving morning as these drunken party-goers will just keep on drinking until their livers burst. By the grace of God, these drunken party-goers will stumble their way home and pass out, hopefully reaching either their couches, their bedrooms, or their front steps.
That will make for a fun time around the Thanksgiving table tomorrow afternoon. Just keep trying to pass turnips or some smelly food product to the hungover people at your table. Reminder – keep a few plastic bags near the table just in case those suffering from a hangover can’t get up in time.
I know, I am making fun of tomorrow’s drunks. It may not be right, but I have to at least stand up, every now and then, for keeping it safe. This is not to say I don’t consume alcohol. I do – sometimes way too much. To all those doing the party-thing tonight, keep it safe. Don’t drive while drunk.
I don’t want to get called to the morgue to give last rites tomorrow morning.
November 21st, 2007 at 8:11 AM
While I have never given Last Rites to anyone on this night, three years ago, a member of my congregation got alcohol poisoning on the night before Thanksgiving. He has never been the same. His family spent that Thanksgiving by his bedside praying for his recover. Throughout my time in the parish, I’ve had scores of people who got drunk and got into car accidents.
I cannot understand the lure of alcohol. It doesn’t deaden the pain. It makes you forget it for a while. The only way to get rid of pain is to deal with it, not drink it away. I will never understand why young people think that getting drunk is so much fun.
Didn’t know you Lutherans did Last Rites? Good to know. Ha!
November 21st, 2007 at 8:37 AM
I second your admonition. Six years ago in college my friend died after he left a party where he drank too much. He missed a turn and crashed into a tree. I haven’t drank alcohol since.
Richard Enders
November 21st, 2007 at 9:26 AM
Don’t throw cold water on tonight, Rev. Throw back a few cold ones instead!
November 21st, 2007 at 10:06 AM
Being the victim of a drunk driver…please don’t drink and drive. It’s not only your life you take into your hands but the lives of others as well. You will never forget what happens…the injuries remind you every day.
November 21st, 2007 at 12:54 PM
Can’t answer your question. Yet tonight will be ball.
November 21st, 2007 at 2:04 PM
Tonight is really amateur night. Too many people who can’t hold their liquor will fill the bars. Cannot forget those youngsters who think they can drink and party. Those people are the utmost worst.
Pete
Alpine,NJ
November 21st, 2007 at 6:14 PM
I can remember my daughters coming home from college on THanksgiving weekend and going out on this Thanksgiving Eve. The tradition continued and continued and continued until the babies arrived. This year they will be home.
Thank goodness. Now all their friends have children and they will be staying home.
Happy Thanksgiving to you all.
November 22nd, 2007 at 1:51 PM
Yes… whats up with partying Thanksgiving Eve? Both my kids partied, but Thank God had the good sense not to drink too much (or at least I didn’t notice any of them reaching for the tylenol today or “yaking” ). I have brainwashed both my kids NOT to drink and drive… and I think they actually listened….. I thank God for them everyday, they are both great kidseven though sometimes I want to strangle them both… …. Have a blessed Thanksgiving!!!