Americans all over the world will celebrate Thanksgiving (or as
some say “Turkey Day”) next Thursday, November 22, 2012. The
Thanksgiving holiday is a day full of family traditions. Family
and friends spend the day watching football games while children
look forward to watching A Charlie Brown Thanksgiving and seeing
the giant balloons and live entertainment of the Macy’s
Thanksgiving Day Parade in New York City. Did you know that
Thanksgiving is the biggest day for food consumption in the
United States? Households spend hours preparing feasts
consisting of turkey, stuffing, corn, squash, green-bean
casserole (one of my favorites), cranberry sauce and pumpkin
pie. For most people, Thanksgiving is a day that over eating is
allowed. Words like “seconds,” “thirds,” and “leftovers” are
quite common at the dinner table. While these traditions have
been carried out for years, it’s important to focus not just on
the commercialized holiday but understand how Thanksgiving came
to be. As Marcie said in A Charlie Brown