Thanksgiving

Thanksgiving, of course, is a time to pause and reflect about all the good in our lives, but what exactly are we thankful for this year?

Thanksgiving is only a few days away, and I have my elastic sweatpants ready! Thanksgiving is known for turkey, mashed potatoes, rolls and dressing, but I have an aunt that brings pink stuff every Thanksgiving. I don't eat it, I never have, I don't even know what's in it, and the fact that it's called pink stuff frightens me. I figured I couldn't be the only one who had a family member bring somet

Thanksgiving is next Thursday (Nov. 28), and a lot of people have been putting together the family gatherings and watching the weather patterns to see if travel is going to be treacherous.  AAA reported that 43.4 million Americans will be traveling 50 miles or more during the holiday weekend this year.

So, I'm not a huge cook.  I don't tend to have much skill in that arena. I guess it just doesn't come naturally to me.  I can do it, I just don't tend to do it on the regular, if you will.  I tend to pull out all the stops maybe once a year: Thanksgiving.  So here's what I might be doing, and you can let me know what you might do.

Thanksgiving without turkey would be like Easter without eggs. But could it happen?

Thanksgiving is a holiday steeped in tradition. It's one of those days where I think most people have the same idea of what's expected and what they'll be doing. Usually it isn't a surprise what you're going to be doing, and who you'll be spending it with. So I thought I'd ask you guys what those plans are.

Thanksgiving is almost here, which means we start seeing turkeys everywhere—on TV, in our children's school drawings, running through our dreams every single night while we sleep ... you get the idea. And eventually these poor turkeys will be inside many of our overstuffed stomachs as well.

So I was shopping for a costume on Halloween, and couldn't help but notice all the Christmas decorations in the stores. That's right, Christmas. In October. Another store in town even had their Christmas stuff up in SEPTEMBER. Christmas has pretty much already taken over Thanksgiving, and it looks like it's getting into Halloween.

Yes, we know your stomachs are still coping with all the Halloween candy you just ate. But believe it or not, Thanksgiving, the mother of all gluttonous holidays, is just a few short weeks away. The Calorie Control Council tells us that the average American will consume 4,500 calories at Thanksgiving...

I think there is a reason that most people eat turkey once a year: you realize on the second day of leftovers that it's just not that good.  In fact, I think it ranks right up there with Spam.