Pumpkin Pie On Christmas

Many thanks go to my wonderful wife for making me this pumpkin pie (from scratch) to satisfy my decades-long, personal tradition to eat pumpkin pie on Christmas Day. I will soon be enjoying a fairly large piece.

My tradition forbids me from eating pumpkin on Thanksgiving Day. Actually, I allow myself to eat pumpkin pie on any date throughout the year, except on Thanksgiving Day, but Christmas Day is an absolute must.

Why? Pumpkin pie is mentioned in the song "Sleigh Ride," which I considered to be a Christmas song when my age was in single digits in the later 1960s. As an adult, I realized, I think in the mentally foggy 1990s, that in reality, this song technically isn't a Christmas song, but a winter-seasonal song.

Now at age 63, I am once again following my childhood tradition today (December 25, 2024) as I have done every holiday season since the late 1960s. I will be enjoying a fairly large piece soon. Of course, I will continue to follow my longstanding tradition during every future holiday season.

I have listened to "Holiday Sing Along With Mitch," which is Mitch Miller and the Gang's Christmas album, every Christmas season since its release in 1961, the year of my birth. "Sleigh Ride" is my favorite song on the album. I still have the original album from 1961, plus a later release also on vinyl, plus two CDs of the album, the second CD repurchased because I misplaced the first CD during the Christmas season.

Here is a link to my personally memorable song:

https://youtu.be/TWVSS-Fy6dc?si=1ndW4zxMO5S_amEr

By coincidence, this year, today marks National Pumpkin Pie Day, which date changes ever year.

I also recently realized that pumpkin pie is also mentioned in the Christmas song "Rockin' Around The Christmas Tree."