What's the best holiday of the year? That's right, it's Thanksgiving. As my darling wife always points out, on turkey day no one has to worry about buying gifts (like Christmas) or going to Mass (Easter) or dealing with fire (Fourth of July) or defending one's home and possessions (Arbor Day). And, to top it off, there's football on TV for all to enjoy.
Sure, dinner takes some work, but for a change it's not overshadowed by presents or other distractions. All you have on Thanksgiving is food, football and everyone eventually falling asleep in the family room.
Couldn't we use another holiday like that in the year? Don't we all deserve another relaxing day to commune with our loved ones and stuff our faces?
But where would we put it? Ideally, it'd be in April or May, on the other side of the calendar from Thanksgiving itself. But while there are food and friends readily available all spring, there isn't any football to be had...
... except for the NFL draft, held in late April every year.
Ladies and gentlemen, I present to you Draftsgiving Day.
It's perfect -- everyone is craving the NFL so badly that the draft has become an actual factual footballish event. It's a Saturday, so you don't have to take work off. It's too early to go down the shore, but after all the major spring yardwork is finished. The only downfall is that no one really wants to watch the whole first day of the draft (10 hours on ESPN, I kid you not).
So we devised a plan to make this holiday perfect, nay, sublime. What if we added another element to the food and friends and football? What if the football was on, but it wasn't the main attraction?
What if we set up two (count 'em, two) television sets, one for the draft and one for video games?
Now we've got football and a captive audience willing to spend 12-16 hours together just enjoying each others' company (and playing Mortal Kombat II). Throw in a few thick steaks on the grill and a few (dozen) beers, and you have a brand new holiday.
We've got a small crew of football nuts headed down to Fort Awesome to observe the second annual Draftsgiving Day celebration, and I'll give you our TV set-up and viewing guide later in the week. But I encourage you to tell your friends, your neighbors, your co-workers, even that creepy guy on the Metro who smells like he hasn't showered even though he's wet for some reason, about this wonderful new opportunity for a party.
After all, don't you deserve it?
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