Americas Year End Competitive Traditions

Crisp autumn winds instigated holiday cheer, as young children attempted scaring elders receiving candy token tips along with a kind word, making them feel welcome in the town where they were growing up. A few days following the trick or treat tradition displaying adult themes, the older crowd, found safety, acting powerful, secretly occupying a small booth, pulling a lever, deciding who will lead.

Within a workday period, all the ballots are counted, determining which winning planned parties would celebrate victory while the less popular social engagement took on a graveyard post Halloween wake atmosphere, leaving haunted invited guests strategizing the next twelve months. Once the news broadcasters report their information researched, the public goes to sleep; knowing their way is still the blue-ribbon path.

Despite the footballs floating around the scene, human competition momentary halts, and everyone gathers, standing above a conquered oven baked turkey. Sitting center stage, the headless main course flaunted its juicy body, delightfully teasing those hungry enough for the early bird champion plate special.

Trees are soon decorated, shining a spotlight, brightening the bitter picturesque landscape Norman Rockwell made famous, reminding a divided country giving is better than taking, especially when the economy benefits. Snow blankets, warming the green grass blades below, wing waiting photosynthesis, prepared for a seasonal stage appearance, force everyone indoors encouraging ‘stoke a fire and secure the television remote’.

Moving pictures, featuring uniformed judgmental academic minded students, escaping their final exam duties, embracing the screaming opportunity, “Go Navy Beat Army” or the reversed yelling version, “Go Army, Beat Navy”.

Only casualties happening during this annual sporting spectacle tradition, amounting broken bones, and bragging egos, ‘time has come, let all infantile disputes go.” Hail Mary bombs earn paydirt status as touchdowns find the endzone wondering exactly what the point after really was when the drive ended successfully.

Unlike the true battlefield film cameras, no longer capturing the war defining horrors, accepting their transferring capabilities, the twentieth century electronic device influence perfectly presents a facade, despite referees not realizing angles can be manipulated, mimicking a steal raider curtain dumping a crimson tide theatrical star, reassigning the quarterback with chorus duties portraying , a jet setter character.

Upon conclusion, the General and Admiral shake hands, acknowledging the Commander Chief that their working together relationship still is strong, ensuring White House brass, the only rivalry happened at the fifty-yard line.

Weeks later, where five interlocking rings, once promoted peaceful combative competition, the local empire state mountainous teenagers headline the community’s Winter Carnival priorities. Historically, Saranac Lake High School elects a temporary figurehead monarch, choosing a King and Queen as overseeing representatives continuing a century long tradition.

Following the new year starting, warmer temperatures invade greeting seniors confronting reality, marching towards the future, showing maturing knowledge about the unwritten message athletics distributes.

Popularity versus reaching one’s potential by producing better statistical results, spotlight a much-needed debate, bringing understanding, soothing growing youthful emotions, using healthy interaction communicating with opposing neighborhoods, strengthening vital foundations, and eliminating an enemy’s seizing temptation, proving recreational bonding works.

Local reporters asking questions covering happy events carefully observing any dangerous activities flaunting destructive behavior. Discovering the negative attitude during a passive setting opens the door for a healing process, dispensing any permanent life altering situations, diagnosing the smoldering blazing inferno, issuing ‘brush it off’ mentality advice, turning devastating legal paperwork accounts into an overcoming mental health feature story.

Tomorrow’s peaceful prospects should be taught the cold hard lesson of comprehending the trick or treat concept, waiving the ‘facing the ultimate sacrifice’ scenario allowing recent graduates to join citizens exercising their basic right, telling the world who is number one.