It’s that time of year again: time to speak up for the poor turkeys victimized by Thanksgiving. Last year, it was Ellen who declared turkey taboo for Thanksgiving. This year, it is once again PETA. And they are taking their argument straight to the kids. In seven states PETA is launching a billboard campaign featuring ......
read more..By Louann Jeffries I will never forget the Thanksgiving of 1975. It was a truly different and unforgettable Thanksgiving. At the time, my husband David and I were living in our first home and as luck would have it that year, it was his turn to work midnights the week of Thanksgiving. Knowing that we ......
read more..By Louann Jeffries When I was a child in school it seemed every year we put on some kind of play or program and all of us had to memorize something to recite. I tended toward poems that were shorter because not only did they get their meaning across it was also less likely I ......
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By Louann Jeffries Each year around about August or so I begin thinking about Thanksgiving. I mean really thinking about it. I start planning what kind of brine we will use, whether we will have traditional stuffing or a new recipe and whether we will have a Butterball or Honeysuckle White or some other brand ......
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By Louann Jeffries When September comes along there seems to me to be something in the air, a kind of excitement that whispers “time to start getting ready for Thanksgiving….” Autumn has always been my very favorite season of the year. Here in Ohio in November the air is so crisp and the leaves so ......
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By Louann Jeffries Planning for Thanksgiving can be fun or it can be a real chore. I always being by reflecting back on the best Thanksgivings of my life. Each year in the Fall when Thanksgiving was on the way when I was little I can remember my Dad absolutely being like the dad in ......
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Macy‘s magical elves are appearing by the thousands in cities across the country in celebration of the upcoming 85th Anniversary of Macy‘s Thanksgiving Day Parade®. However, due to a whimsical twist of fate, in their jubilation and rush to spread the word on this wondrous milestone of America’s Parade, the elves left Santa’s workshop witho...
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In the fall of 1621, the Pilgrims, early settlers of Plymouth Colony, held a three-day feast to celebrate a bountiful harvest, an event many regard as the nation’s first Thanksgiving. Historians have also recorded ceremonies of thanks among other groups of European settlers in North America, including British colonists in Virginia in 1619. Th...
read more..Ellen Degeneres is sponsoring the Adopt-A-Turkey project. Adopt a Turkey seeks to end the misery of commercially-raised turkeys by offering a compassionate alternative for Thanksgiving by selling turkey adoptions that will free a bird from the Thanksigiving table. For a one-time donation gift of just $30, adopters will receive a special Adopt-A-Tur...
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If turkey contains tryptophan, and science has found that tryptophan can cause drowsiness, how can this medical belief be a myth? Well, the authors of a study in the British medical journal BMJ say turkey doesn’t contain “an exceptional amount of tryptophan.” In fact, turkey, chicken and minced beef contain nearly the same amounts...
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