Happy Thanksgiving

[Uncle Al]

To All;

May your turkey be stuffed more than you are

May your family be blessed as you remember what
you are thankful for, and the friendship/fellowship
that surrounds your table.

A Happy Thanksgiving wish to all

Uncle Al
Duncanville, TX

[sapphire]

And a happy Thanksgiving to all!

After a horrible week of a death threat and being reported to the MSPCA (I passed inspection!). I now have 4 11 day old baby kitten orphans to bottle feed. I am so grateful to have these little beings to look after.

[Big and Bashful]

Great news Sapphire!
It's just not the same once kittens have mutated into cats! Mine are still great friends and still playful but they definitely aren't kittens anymore. I look forward to the next time I can watch a litter taking shape, great fun.

[ziggy_encaoua]

I thought Thanksgiving wasn't until this Thursday (being the last Thursday in November)

[crfriend]

I thought Thanksgiving wasn't until this Thursday (being the last Thursday in November)

It's never too early to get good wishes in!

[Sasquatch]

And a blessed Thanksgiving to all! I am thankful for all my friends at Skirt Cafe, for our health, for my family, for Obama, for NCSU 41, UNC 10, and for the turkey that gave his/her life (gobble, gobble, gobble, THWACK! ) so that we might eat until we collapse and then watch some more football.
sasq

[Since1982]

Happy, Merry, Have a good THANKSGIVING!!

[Departed Member]

As "baffled from the UK" would say, what exactly do you have to do to have a "Thanksgiving", Happy or nay? Is it something like the Christian's "Harvest Festival", or is that being too simplistic? ('Cos I'm not totally au fait with what they do, nowadays, either!).

[ChrisM]

Merlin, the traditional American Thanksgiving celebration - the picture postcard variety - is a huge affair.

Aunt Myrtle and all the nieces and nephews converge upon the house at about 09.00. The men retire to the TV room and watch football. The women retire to the galley and produce mountains of food. Finally around 4 p.m. the clan is called to the table, which has been augmented with card tables, the kids' desk, and an old piece of plywood propped on saw horses, and a several-hour feast ensues.

The traditional fare consists of Turkey stuffed with a bread stuffing, cranberry sauce, a honey-glazed ham, sweet potatoes (yams), mashed potatoes, peas, green bean casserole, a large medley of hors d'oeuvres, dessert of pumpkin pie, pecan pie, and mincemeat pie.
Champagne.
Grandma's good silver.
The 'special' dishware.
The kids get their own table.
The dog can't seem to be kept out of the room.
Little Billy grinds pumpkin pie into the carpet.
Uncle Frank drinks too much and tells some irrelevant story before falling asleep in front of the TV.

Honest warm thoughts and best wishes are shared.

And a nice stratum of memories is laid down for another year.



Chris

[Departed Member]

Thanks for the very illuminating 'picture postcard', Chris!

Sounds like the average UK Christmas, but without the presents! Perhaps we (in the UK) could finally dump "Christmas" (we do have the Solstice & New Year, after all!) and have a mid-November party, instead - I'd really like that!

[Milfmog]

Thanks for the very illuminating 'picture postcard', Chris!

Sounds like the average UK Christmas, but without the presents! Perhaps we (in the UK) could finally dump "Christmas" (we do have the Solstice & New Year, after all!) and have a mid-November party, instead - I'd really like that!

Sounds like a plan to me, but can't we make it an early November party and celebrate Skip's birthday?

Have fun,


Ian.

[Departed Member]

Sounds like a plan to me, but can't we make it an early November party and celebrate Skip's birthday? Have fun, Ian.

I thought that was covered by Halloween?

[Since1982]

Chris said: The women retire to the galley

The women have a Roman warship?
Yes, halloween covers my b-day..I'm a leftover pumpkin from halloween. (or a saint)teehee