Happy Thanksgiving! If I all the sudden stop typing in the middle of this post know that it must be a combination of the tryptophan and the wine. Oh, and the overeating.
We shall dedicate today's post to the Thanksgiving Holiday. Some of it you may already know, but hopefully we can all be educated a little... and perhaps entertained.
The preliminary estimate of turkeys Minnesota expects to raise in 2006 is 45 million. The Gopher State is tops in turkey production. It is followed by North Carolina (37 million), Arkansas (30 million), Virginia (22.5 million), Missouri (21.5 million) and California (16 million). These six states together will probably account for about 65 percent of U.S. turkeys produced in 2006.
The quantity of turkey consumed by the typical American in 2004 is 13.4 pounds with a hearty helping devoured at Thanksgiving time.
"Thanksgiving is an emotional time. People travel thousands of miles to be with people they only see once a year. And then discover once a year is way too often." - Johnny Carson
"You can tell you ate too much for Thanksgiving when you have to let your bathrobe out." - Jay Leno
"Thanksgiving is the day when you turn to another family member and say, 'How long has Mom been drinking like this?' My mom, after six Bloody Marys looks at the turkey and goes, 'Here, kitty, kitty.'" - David Letterman
Benjamin Franklin wanted the turkey as the official U.S. bird.
June is National Turkey Lovers Month.
The costume worn by Big Bird on Sesame Street is rumored to be made of turkey feathers. (What? Big Bird wasn't real??)
Wild turkeys can fly for short distances up to 55 miles per hour and can run 20 miles per hour.
The National Turkey Federation (NTF) estimates that approximately 45 million turkeys are eaten at Thanksgiving.
President Abraham Lincoln proclaimed Thanksgiving a national holiday in 1863, supposedly as a response to a campaign organized by magazine editor Sara Joseph Hale. In 1939, President Franklin Roosevelt moved Thanksgiving Day forward one week, as it is presently celebrated.
Everyone have a great Thanksgiving Day! Stay safe. Give thanks.
No matter what looms ahead, if you can eat today, enjoy the sunlight today, mix good cheer with friends today, enjoy it and bless God for it. – Henry Ward Beecher
Subscribe to:
Post Comments (Atom)
No comments:
Post a Comment