Ahhh, Thanksgiving.

A day to look around at everyone and everything your life has been blessed with. A day to spend quality time with the people you love. A day to drown yourself in gravy and not even feel ashamed of it. A day to "watch some football," but actually fall asleep on the couch instead.

Needless to say, it's a great day with some great food. Shoutout to the pilgrims.

However, the Thanksgiving season comes with some negatives too.

Uncle Danny will probably end up taking too many shots of Gold Schlager, and say something rude about how fat Uncle Bobby is looking lately. Your mom will probably have a panic attack at some point during the day because the turkey is "overcooked" or "undercooked" or something of that nature, and run off to the bedroom crying. Grandma Delores' will spill some dark family secret you did not need to know about, and Aunt Karen, the family nun, will cope with it by drinking too much wine. Dad is bound to lose his temper at one point or another, and your sister probably brought home some POS boyfriend home for the holiday, who will now forever be in your Thanksgiving pictures.

Maybe I'm just exposing my family's Thanksgivings right now. I don't know. But I have a feeling that some of you can relate to these scenarios in one way or another. Oh, and don't even get me started on Black Friday.

I present to you, the 12 phases of Thanksgiving:

1. Starting your day off by reflecting on what you're thankful for.

2. Mom has been cooking the turkey since 4 A.M., so you can imagine how hectic the kitchen is.

3. Aunt Martha screws up the stuffing, so now the whole family is arguing.

4. You're starting to feel a little less thankful.

5. BUT that all changes once the tantalizing scents of Thanksgiving fill the air.

6. Yeah, skinny jeans were definitely a bad decision.

7. Uncle Danny makes a racist comment, creating an extremely uncomfortable awkward silence at the dinner table.

8. Before the fighting can begin, mom forces everyone to say what they're thankful for because, yanno, Thanksgiving!

10. Now that dinner is finished, Dad turns on some good ole' football.

11. So basically that means nap time.

12. After a wonderful day of fattening foods, family fights, and first-class football - okay check out that alliteration - it's officially time to turn on the Christmas jams!