Posted by Tiggy on November 28, 1999 at 18:46:18:
In Reply to: Happy Thanksgiving everyone (U.S. Holiday) posted by Brian C. on November 25, 1999 at 00:02:42:
> President Franklin D. Roosevelt established the 4th Thursday of November as
> the national observance of the Pilgrims' thanksgiving for having survived the
> first year in the new world. It is a tribute to the human spirit and (IMO)
> a recognition that there is more to life than self.
> I am getting together with my older son, my fiancee' and her sons. I am cooking
> a 13 lb turkey with stuffing, candied yams, mashed potatoes, gravy, green beans (haricots)
> cranberry sauce, pumpkin mousse. The wine selection is Australian Shiraz and
> a Califoria Triad (Semillon, chardonay, suavignon blanc.) Dessert is pumpkin pie
> with whipped cream (Chantilly,) Apple pie with vanilla ice cream. Coffee.
> Afterwards we will probably go to the new James Bond movie. Then next day in the
> great American tradition, the first and biggest day of Christmas shopping.
> I don't make the conventions,; I just follow them. Enjoy yourself whereever you are.