My favorite holiday is approaching
fast. The gathering of friends and family to give thanks makes me look forward
to Thanksgiving more than any other holiday.
Although my family, and many others,
goes for the ‘traditional’ turkey dinner for Thanksgiving, the first one—a three-day
feast of thankfulness hosted by the Pilgrims and a local tribe of Wampanoag—is
thought to have consisted of lobster, rabbit, chicken, fish, squash, beans,
chestnuts, hickory nuts, onions, leeks, dried fruits, maple syrup and honey,
radishes, cabbage, carrots, eggs, and goat cheese.
Due to the size and abundance of
wild turkeys, the turkey became a Thanksgiving mainstay by the time President
Lincoln issued his proclamation declaring the last Thursday of November as a
national Thanksgiving holiday. Some historians claim Lincoln was also the first
president to official pardon a turkey (his son’s pet turkey).
A few turkey facts:
The average turkey purchased for
Thanksgiving is 15 pounds.
The heaviest turkey recorded was 86
pounds.
A mature turkey has approximately
3,500 feathers.
Turkey is the most popular
‘leftover’ food.
We all know Thanksgiving is followed
by Black Friday. I’ve been there done that, and will never do it again. It’s
just not my cup of tea. I much prefer to stay home reflecting upon the
wonderful gathering we’d experienced the day before. However, if any of you are shoppers and plan on going out on Black Friday, I hope you find deals of a lifetime!
I’m thankful for the life I live
every day, but relish the one day I can celebrate the fact we live in a
wonderful country, our freedom, our right to worship God, our family, friends,
and all the obvious, bountiful, and even sometimes taken for granted things.
Blessings to each and every one of
you during this wonderful holiday.
Lauri
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