I always love the Super Bowl. I have many fond memories of it from when I was growing up, and it's always been a big deal to me. I've always been a huge football fan, so that's one obvious reason. But looking back now, beyond simply being a sports fan, I realize why the Super Bowl still means so much to me. During all those years when I was younger it was always the first time since the holiday season that my family would all come together and spend the entire day together. No big parties or anything like that. Just relaxing all day on a Sunday and watching the big game together. It would often rain or be cold that day, so being inside and hanging out with the family all day was just what I did. And it just felt so similar to being holiday time that I completely embraced it in the exact same way. At the time that wasn't a connection I was aware of, but now looking back I realize that is absolutely the reason.
I have one particularly fond memory of when the Simpsons aired their Super Bowl episode after the game, so going from watching the game all day, to then watching that episode at night, at a time when all those 90s cartoons were a big part of my life, that's always remained one my best memories from growing up. It's still a tradition of mine to watch that episode in the evening every Super Bowl Sunday after everything quiets down. The reason I bring that up as well is because, again, it just felt so reminiscent of what I did all throughout the holiday season in watching all my favorite cartoon episodes, and that had barely ended a month prior. So it kind of felt like a continuation of that.
I called off from work yesterday because I decided I'd rather watch the game and hang out with my dad all day instead of work my crummy shift at my crummy job that I'm going to be leaving soon anyway. And I'm really glad I did. Spent all day hanging out and watching the game with him, ate some good food, chatted, and then watched my Simpsons episode. And this morning I woke up and just had this great feeling about having done that. It felt very reminiscent of all those Super Bowl Sundays from growing up.
Anyways, just wanted to share that. I don't think too many people out there make any sort of connection with their love of the holidays to Super Bowl Sunday. But I do. And I'm glad it's there.
