My Mother is refusing to make turkey this year, so my girlfriend and I are hosting a secret dinner

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Reasons why she doesn't want to make the turkey:

•It's always dry
•It coast way more then chicken
•Most of the family has gout, eats shit every year after consuming the bird
•No one will eat the leftovers
•When she doesn't follow the recipe, the recipe never works out the way it says it does
•"We can just have ham maybe"

Reasons why I and my girlfriend are holding a secret Thanksgiving on Wednesday with a fried cajun turkey

•It's tasty
•It's damn delicious
•It helps me forget the pain of not being able to buy whole turkeys in most stores throughout the year
•It sparks joy

Tell me what sparks joy for you this holiday season