You described my dad to the letter. He would be up at 5 A.M. Sweeping the flooring tapping the dust off the broom every two minutes. Waking my mother and I up. He was always an early riser from working on a farm most of his life. Since I could remember his work day started at 3 A.M. And my favorite holiday food is either my fire roasted butter nut squash bisque I manke , or black eyed peas with collard greens and corn bread for New Years Day!