RadioBDC D.J. Adam 12’s Thanksgiving Is All About Pie—and Hiking
For RadioBDC DJ Adam 12 (real name Adam Chapman), Thanksgiving boils down to one type of food: pie.
12 doesn’t discriminate against any of the four types offered at his family’s table, but one sticks out above the rest.
“My grandmother makes a chocolate creme pie with the M&Ms on the top of the whipped cream, on top of the chocolate creme, which is just ridiculously tasty,’’ Chapman said. “And the kids love that one.’’
12’s family also feasts on a pumpkin and an apple pie, cooked by his mother and aunt, as well as a peanut butter pie courtesy of his wife.
“I’m to the point now where I’ll eat less supper, I’ll eat less Thanksgiving dinner, just so I can have more room for pie,’’ 12 said.
But before 12 joins his aunts, uncles, cousins, mother, and grandmother for dinner, he takes his kids out for an annual adventure which was born after long lines turned his family away from a high school football game.
“I can remember — I think it was 3 years ago — it was 2011 and we went down to Wakefield vs. Melrose annual Thanksgiving football game and the lines to get in to get tickets were too long, so we decided to drive down to Breakheart Reservation to hike Breakheart,’’ 12 said. “The last couple years on Thanksgiving, we’ll have a little outing where maybe just me and the kids, while my wife gets things ready for the day, weather permitting.’’
12’s holiday travel time from his home in Woburn to his childhood home in Wakefield is minimal, which allows for more time to hike and enjoy pie.
“It’s literally an over the hill and through the woods to grandmother’s house we go,’’ 12 said. “The lyrics to the Christmas song, that’s actually a Thanksgiving song…We zip over there and it takes us 15 minutes. It’s nice not to have to worry about the big travel.’’
For more on how notable Bostonians celebrate Thanksgiving, visit the links below:
WBZ Anchor David Wade Loves Green Bean Casserole for Thanksgiving
Boston Pops Conductor Keith Lockhart Is a Mashed Potato Master
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