You just did this last year.....

Did what?

A feeble attempt at humor in recounting Thanksgiving today and yesterday.

Sue me, it's cool.

The first one........

"The first Thanksgiving was celebrated in 1621 as a harvest festival. It included 50 Pilgrims, 90 Wampanoag Indians, and lasted three days. Historians believe that only five women were present."

Whothehell cooked?  Good question.  Ripley, believe it, they didn't even have turkey, nope, records show ducks, geese and swans...

The NFL is, of course, a big part of the T-Day tradition, beginning in 1920.  Did Jerry Jones own the Cowboys then?  Nope, he was still a gleam.  They didn't play in the first one, but, it's primarily, all these years, included the Detroit Lions. The Cowboys came along around 1966 a year after their inception.

Someone said something about Franksgiving....... the heck is that?  Well... in 1939 and 1940, President Franklin Roosevelt (thus, Franksgiving) wanted to move Turkey day up to the 2nd week in November to stir the economy, allow more time for Christmas shopping.  Half the States went along, half protested.  (The more things change the more they stay the same, eh?)  WWII happened, interrupted the football and Franksgiving - tradition returned, 4th Thursday, in 1945 after the War.

Our friends in Buffalo, NY hosted the first Turkey Trot in 1890 with six runners participating, running 5 miles on dirt roads.

The day after Thanksgiving is traditionally THE biggest day for plumbers in the United States.  Clogs from turkey grease, vegetable skins, rice, strained pipes, a lotta flushes... yada...  suffice to say, Turkey Trots aplenty.

Another Ripley says APPLE PIE is the most popular, NOT pumpkin pie.  I don't care what they say, fetch me a piece of both pecan and pumpkin, then, if room left over, mebbe apple pie topped with vanilla ice cream.

Female turkeys don't gobble.  I call BS.  MISOGYNIST!  AM NOT!

Them damn political 'Franklin's, this time Benjamin, keep sticking their head in there.  Ben wanted the Turkey to replace the Bald Eagle as the representative of our Country. Obviously, never happened.

TODAY, they say, is THE busiest travel day of the year, then, all the fams going home Sunday make that day the SECOND busies day.  Schwabby and Terry, careful with all that Colorado snow - and anyone else in harm's way.....

LIONS AND TIGERS AND BEARS OH MY!  Well, not exactly but close.  Another rich tradition, the Macy's Thanksgiving Day parade, initially borrowed animals from The Central Park Zoo (monkeys, bears, camels and elephants) prior to the modern day big ole character balloons of today.

The song, originally intended to the be Thanksgiving Day song was, 
"One horse open sleigh"... well, that didn't last long, becoming popular around Christmas, thus, was changed to Jingle Bells, the rest is history!

What's your T-Day history?  Mine?  Jeff City, a kajillion wonderful family members.  Much, virtually everything, has changed.  You?  Sadly we've all faced loss... some divorce... geographic arrangements changed, many families flip flop "her side for T-Day, his for Christmas, then just the opposite next year."

We've already addressed 'Brown Friday' (the day after, busy busy busy for plumbers) but too, it's also known as Black Friday, sale, sale, sale, the start of the Christmas shopping cycle. (Also, the 'I don't feel bad putting up Christmas decorations on this day" day,)

I'd never heard of Drinksgiving, but, understand it's the Wednesday before Thanksgiving - what with folks back in town going out and about.  It's Uber popular and, Uber has even been offering free rides home the last few years.

Giving thanks, ain't that what this should all be about?  I reckon.  I remind myself daily, "don't fret for what ya ain't got, be thankful for whatya do."  I stumble, mebbe you do upon occasion too.  It's ok.  We be human.

We each have a long, wonderful list of things we're thankful for.  I won't bore you with mine, but please know, I am way thankful for your eyeballs here.

May you and yours have a joyous Thanksgiving!

Love, Victor