Drunken Pumpkin

Thanksgiving became an official holiday in the United States on October 3, 1863 via proclamation issued by President Abraham Lincoln. This was largely due to the lobbying efforts of Sarah Josepha Hale, editor of Godey’s Lady’s Magazine who had lobbied for 17 years for the holiday. The proclamation declared the last Thursday in November as Thanksgiving Day.

Interestingly enough, in 1941, President Franklin D. Roosevelt attempted to move the official Thanksgiving date to earlier in November in order encourage a longer Christmas shopping season as a Depression recovery strategy. His idea was shut down by Congress, and the official date was declared permanently as the fourth Thursday in November via Public Law #379.

Q. What international disaster would be caused by dropping the Thanksgiving dinner tray?
A. The fall of Turkey and the destruction of China.

War is a cowardly escape from the problems of peace

For all of those folks that live outside the US, today is Thanksgiving. For those of you that live in the US, what on earth are you doing here? Go be thankful. I don’t care if your family does get on your nerves, suck it up.

And by the way, what was Jeff up to yesterday? Making a Turducken, of course.