Thanksgiving is too much trouble . Let ' s just order out . I offered to do all the cooking but nobody believes that I actually know how to cook . My SO firmly believes that the local Chinese takeout place will be open on Thanksgiving . So we don ' t buy a turkey or anything else to cook on Thursday . Thursday , 6 PM After an hour of trying to call every food delivery place in town , I guess we need to go find a restaurant that has takeout . Nevermind the fact that I ' m watching football and wearing pajamas and I just made myself a plate of snacks . I ' m the only one who can drive , so I have to get dressed and take them out to hunt for food . An hour later , after driving past every decent restaurant and supermarket and finding them closedTarget ' s open . We could get some food and start Black Friday shopping at the same time . Two hours later we finally got out of Target , loaded down with Christmas presents and a frozen pizza . Go home , eat my cold snacks and a slice of pumpkin pie , check my fantasy football stats , and go to bed because I have to work early in the morning . Half an hour after I go to sleep , somebody wakes me to ask if I want any of the pizza . Apparently , my response was a bit testy . The last thing I remember being said to me before I went back to sleep Why do you have to ruin every holiday ? You criticize everything I do !