Hi kittens, it's your mistress the Punkrock Muse sending out her most hearfelt Thanksgiving wishes to you and yours. I bet you're wondering what I have been up too? Well, besides the relentless task of finding interesting subjects to write about, feeding and watering one very demanding cat and receiving new furniture (a sofa, long overdue) I have been preparing for a visit from my immediate family. To be more specific my mother, stepfather and my sweetly precocious 4 year old neice! They have never been to New York and being from a small mountain community in Colorado they are understandably nervous about navigating the city landscape. Not only is this a social visit but it is also a hoiday here in America and this will be my first opportunity to host the Thanksgiving meal. Normally, it is hosted by my mother or brother in their homes. I, being the singleton,have to travel back home to see them, no one ever comes to see me. But not this year!!! This year I am the host, finally my year to shine. I have so much to be thankful for this year and I hope you do too. So don't forget to take a minute to reflect on all the blessings you have received this year. And remember to keep traditions alive, it's important!! Happy Thanksgiving American friends and readers!
Some interesting Thanksgiving facts:
- Male Turkeys are called "Toms", female turkeys are called "Hens" and baby turkeys are called "poults". ( I just call them yummy.)
- Turkeys originally existed in the eastern US. and Mexico. (See even the turkey made a run for the border.)
- In 1947, the first Presidential pardon was ceremoniously given to a turkey. (This year the pardon will most likely go to O.J. Simpson, who in my book classifies as a jive turkey.)
- The Average American consumes over 15 pounds of turkey per year. (The average American also gains 15 lbs. a year, coincidence???)
- The first Thanksgiving feast was held to thank the Lord for sparing the lives of the survivors of the Mayflower, who landed at Plymouth Rock on December 11, 1620. The survivors included four adult women and almost forty percent children. (Which was promptly followed by the opening of the first daycare.)
- The Wampanoag chief Massasoit and ninety of his tribesmen were also invited to the first thanksgiving feast. Governor William Bradford invited them for helping the Pilgrims surviving and teaching them the skills of cultivating the land. (We were so thankful for their kindness we decided to relieve them of all that burdensome land.)
