Expectations vs. Reality

We are in the midst of the best part of the year, the holiday season! Halloween passed about a month ago and Thanksgiving just flew by as well (i'm assuming that's when you read this). Thanksgiving! The holiday that celebrates pilgrims by eating birds and vegetables! Or in vegetarians' case, tofurkey! Which, no offense, tastes disgusting. Sorry. Anyway, here is a bunch of holiday expectations vs. reality kind of cases that I've run into (or something close to them). Enjoy!

How Thanksgiving dinners should look like   vs.     What it turns out to be... at least in my                                                                                                                               house
                                        not literally                                                                                                                                           but pretty close

Christmas Decorations in the movies           vs.                    How they turn out to be         
                                          
(look how pretty this looks)                           How does this even happen? Jk, but something can go                                                                                                       wrong... maybe even this
New Years: Where you want to be            vs.                        How it ends up being
                                       

Valentines Day: What many want, and        vs.                  Everybody who is single
              couples may get
                                           - I haven't met                                                                                                 a lot of people who are sad on this day

Fourth of July Fireworks Expectations         vs.           Fourth of July Fireworks Reality
                                             this is the                                                                                                  closest picture I could find to what                                                                                                                                 I've seen

Halloween Decorations Expectations           vs.                         Halloween Decorations Reality
                                                   

I know I didn't do all of the holidays in this, but here some really big holidays and their expectations vs. reality. I hope at least one of these applied to you. 

Thanks!

Sources:
https://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2017/11/22/trump-supporter-thanksgiving-dinner-family-215853
https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/cheers-thanksgiving-orphans-episode-true-story-054056375.html
https://www.lowes.com/projects/other-activities/decorate-christmas-tree/project
https://www.marthastewart.com/1524196/upside-down-christmas-trees
https://insidetheconsumermind.wordpress.com/2017/11/28/dont-hate-the-player-hate-the-game/
https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/times-square-live-stream-watch-407097
https://www.usnews.com/news/blogs/data-mine/2015/02/11/valentines-day-spending-to-approach-19-billion
https://www.hercampus.com/school/la-verne/yes-single-people-can-enjoy-valentines-day
http://newjerseyisntboring.com/30-free-must-see-july-4th-fireworks-shows-in-new-jersey/
http://thewowstyle.com/easy-and-creative-halloween-decoration-ideas/
https://www.homedit.com/10-diy-halloween-pumpkin-decorating-ideas/