The 4th of July is one of my favorite holidays.
There's something about copious amounts of food and drinks and family and friends and huge exploding balls of fire that leaves me emotionally erect to steal a phrase from Steve Martin in "L.A. Story."
For the past 20 years, my family has gathered in the wilds of Oklahoma to celebrate the holiday and this year was no exception.
Hundreds of dollars are spent on fireworks and there's always enough food to feed a small army or Rosie O'Donnell on any given Tuesday evening. 
Fried chicken, deviled eggs, potato salad, watermelon, chips and dips, smoked brisket, fried pies, birthday cake, a lemon cake and a relish tray to try and soak up a little of grease from the rest of the spread are present every year.
A diet would suffer at this event, but there is the opportunity to run some of it off by chasing parachutes and artillery shells and smoke bombs around a gigantic front yard out in the middle of the country.
Personally, I would celebrate Independence Day in no other fashion, but regardless of your personal rituals, have a good time and also remember that the 4th of July is also the best holiday for getting ahead with the opposite sex.
Or so I read somewhere.
-BDS
Have a great day!! What are fried pies by the way?
Wow! It'll feed Rosie? That is a gang of food.
Sounds like so much fun!
Nothing better than a family get-together, for whatever reason!
Miss Ash - Fried pies are just deep fat fried dough surrounding a cherry or chocolate or blueberry pie filling. I actually don't like them very much.
Robert - I'm putting the over/under of feeding Rosie at 6 helpings.
Jenni222 - I know our 4th went well and I hope the same goes for you, although we laugh but never giggle here at 2 Dollar Productions.
Friday - It was a good time & it's always good to get together with family for food & fireworks. If I could only throw in Xmas presents too it would be the perfect holiday.
Here's a toast to hoping your 4th was great! We have a big shindig at our house so today was recovery day for some people.