We all stuffed our faces

I hope everyone had a fantastic thanksgiving. Since it is a rather big deal in our country I figured I should have a post about it and how my family responds to everything. I go to two houses for every holiday, my step family and then my dads side, and both are extremely different. My step family is far more traditional with the roles that everyone plays. My Grandma does allllll of the cooking, no one is allowed in the kitchen unless they are over the age of 13, a girl, and putting something quickly away. All of the guys stay in a stupor in the living room watching football until the call is sounded to go pray before they can load up on the potatoes and turkey. When it is time to clean it is yet again all of the women, my Aunts get all the leftovers into containers and do the dishes while the men fall asleep. These traditions are even known to the younger ones in the family, all the girls are taught young to find little ways to help with the food or cleaning while all the boys are told to stay outside and out of the way. Now my dads side is a bit different, and I like this way far more. When I was younger everyone would gather at my grandparents and my grandma would do most of the cooking, my grandpa helping in what she couldn't carry or reach. Everyone tried to help, including my uncles, my grandma is just to stubborn to accept help. When it was time to clean everyone was in there at some point, no one got out of doing something. Now we all go to my Uncles house, my aunt does most of the food preparation the day before, and once we are all there it is my uncle in the kitchen doing the finishing touches and yet again everyone cleans. I personal prefer my dads side method better because everyone should have to pitch in, the women are not any more special at cooking and cleaning and the men should recognize that.