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In a message dated 1/20/02 7:18:49 AM, djac99@... writes:

<< I wish I could say I haven't heard anyone tell a child, "You
aren't hungry" or "No, you can't have more to eat.", but my son was
recently told this by a relative at the family Christmas dinner. >>

Thinking over a few-hundred-years span, and not over a last-80 years,
Christmas dinner and Thanksgiving should be a feasts--and feast means TOO
much food, extra food, left-overs. My mother-in-law, too, plans just enough
scant portions to go around, and rarely extras, even at Thanksgiving.

In the SCA, we have excuses for feasts frequently--coronations, revels after
tournaments, and when people have been planning portions for 300 people and
suchlike, I've often reminded them that feasts are just meals if there's not
so much that everyone goes home stuffed and there are leftovers to distribute
to the poor.

Often the cooks take home leftovers, or leftovers are saved to make lunch at
a tournament the next day. But sometimes the Albuquerque group has take
leftovers to the homeless shelter.

Sandra

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The funny thing is, my extended family is relatively well-off. At
holidays, an abundant feast is cooked, but children who want extra
portions are always cautioned against being "greedy". An attitude of
scarcity in the midst of abundance, in my estimation.

- In AlwaysLearning@y..., SandraDodd@a... wrote:
>
> In a message dated 1/20/02 7:18:49 AM, djac99@n... writes:
>
> << I wish I could say I haven't heard anyone tell a child, "You
> aren't hungry" or "No, you can't have more to eat.", but my son was
> recently told this by a relative at the family Christmas dinner.
>>
>
> Thinking over a few-hundred-years span, and not over a last-80
years,
> Christmas dinner and Thanksgiving should be a feasts--and feast
means TOO
> much food, extra food, left-overs. My mother-in-law, too, plans
just enough
> scant portions to go around, and rarely extras, even at
Thanksgiving.
>
> In the SCA, we have excuses for feasts frequently--coronations,
revels after
> tournaments, and when people have been planning portions for 300
people and
> suchlike, I've often reminded them that feasts are just meals if
there's not
> so much that everyone goes home stuffed and there are leftovers to
distribute
> to the poor.
>
> Often the cooks take home leftovers, or leftovers are saved to make
lunch at
> a tournament the next day. But sometimes the Albuquerque group has
take
> leftovers to the homeless shelter.
>
> Sandra