“Forever on Thanksgiving Day, the heart will find the pathway home.” -Wilbur D. Nesbit (Wilbur Dick Nesbit (1872 - 1927))
Thanksgiving Colors
Orange is a pumpkin.
Yellow is the corn.
Brown is the turkey
With stuffing to adorn.
Red are the cranberries.
Green are the beans.
Five delicious colors -
In a feast of my dreams.
by Author Unknown
“At Thanksgiving, my mom always makes too much food, especially one item, like 700 or 800 pounds of sweet potatoes. She’s got to push it during the meal. ‘Did you get some sweet potatoes? . . . They’re hot. There’s more in the oven . . . some more in the garage. The rest are at the Johnson’s.’” -Louie Anderson
Riddle: What happens after you stuff yourself with turkey at Thanksgiving and cannot possibly eat another bite?
Solution: You have a few slices of pumpkin pie.
The Pilgrims were English Protestant Christians who wanted to be free from religious persecution by the Church of England. In September 1620, 102 Pilgrims set sail to the part of the ‘New World’ now known as North America. They sailed for 66 days across the Atlantic Ocean on a ship named the Mayflower. The ship was moved along on the journey by only the wind in its sails and the ocean’s currents. On board, they carried a few things they would need to start new lives in the New World, including Bibles, muskets for hunting and defense, plant seeds for growing food crops, and livestock, or farm animals. On 11 December 1620, the Pilgrims landed at Plymouth Rock in the Colony of Plymouth, which is now Plymouth, Massachusetts, United States of America.
Jake: What is the best way to stuff a turkey?
Tom: Take him out for pizza and ice cream!
The Butterball Turkey Hotline at 1-800-288-8372 offers advice to callers from experts on how to cook turkeys. A woman once called the hotline to find out how long it would take to roast her turkey. To answer the question, the talk-line home economist asked how much the bird weighed. The woman replied, “I don’t know - it’s still running around outside.” Enjoy your Thanksgiving Holiday turkey!
Belinda: Why do turkeys always go gobble, gobble?
Melinda: Because they have never learned good table manners!
The area in which the Pilgrims landed was within a part of southern New England inhabited by a semi-nomadic hunting and gathering tribal people who practiced some agriculture. The remnants of their people, numbering a few thousand or less, are still surviving, and are called the Wampanoags, although they are still commonly mislabeled as ‘Indians,’ a persistent error. Among the Wampanoags of the time was Squanto, who had been to Europe and who had learned to speak English. Squanto was a frequent visitor to the Pilgrims.
Overheard: If, as the saying goes, you are what you eat, that makes us all turkeys!
Five Little Turkeys
Five little turkeys standing by a door,
One waddled off, and then there were four.
Four little turkeys under a tree,
One waddled off, and then there were three.
Three little turkeys with nothing to do,
One waddled off, and then there were two.
Two little turkeys in the noonday Sun,
One waddled off, and then there was 1.
One little turkey had better run away,
For soon will come Thanksgiving Day.
by Author Unknown
Eliza: What is a turkey’s favorite dessert?
Lizzie: Peach gobbler!
Squanto taught to the Pilgrims the native inhabitants’ ‘Three Sisters’ method of growing corn, beans, and squash. First, flat-topped mounds of dirt about 50 centimeters (20 inches) across and about 30 centimeters (1 foot) high were made. Then corn, or maize, seeds (kernels of corn) were planted in the middle of each mound. When the corn plants grew to about 15 centimeters (6 inches) in height, the bean seeds and squash seeds were planted in the mounds, in an alternating order around the corn plants. As the naturally climbing bean and squash plants grew up from the ground, they would cling to and be supported by the corn plant stalks as they themselves grew taller. The roots of the bean plants affixed nitrogen to the soil, which the corn and squash plants need to grow. The large leaves of the squash plants shade the ground, stopping weeds from growing out of it and preventing the Sun from drying out the soil. In areas with poor soil, fish and eels were buried in the soil to fertilize it. The combination of corn, beans, and squash in the diet can provide people with the essential fatty acids, complex carbohydrates, and 8 essential amino acids necessary to stay in good health.
Moon Buggy: What do hippies put on their mashed potatoes?
Flower Child: Groovy, man!
“The Pilgrims made seven times more graves than huts. No Americans have been more impoverished than these who, nevertheless, set aside a day of thanksgiving.” -H. U. Westermayer
Thanksgiving Holiday tongue twister: If the two-toed turkey towed twelve times ten talking turtles, how many talking turtles did the two-toed turkey tow?
In March 1621, a pact, or agreement, was made between the Pilgrims’ leader Governor William Bradford and the Wampanoag’s Chief Massasoit. The two groups agreed to fight together to protect each other against raiding tribes and warring tribes in the region. The harvest later that year was a successful one, following a particularly harsh Winter, so to celebrate the success of the harvest and the success of the pact, the Pilgrims held a traditional English harvest feast, which is now widely recognized as the first Thanksgiving. The pilgrims invited the Wampanoags to the three-day celebration. The women and youth played ball games, sang songs, and danced. The men engaged in contests of physical strength and demonstrations of hunting skills. The Pilgrims would have likely sung praise hymns and shared the Gospel with the Wampanoags insofar as was possible.
“Thanksgiving Day comes, by statute, once a year; to the honest man it comes as frequently as the heart of gratitude will allow.” -Edward Sandford Martin
Turkey Anne
There once was a turkey named Anne
She gobbled whenever she ran
Her feathers, always ruffled
Her voice, never muffled
But she still ended up in the pan.
by Author Unknown
“Here’s a Thanksgiving tip: Generally, your turkey is not cooked enough if it passes you the cranberry sauce.” -Joan Rivers
Lobster, venison (deer meat), rabbit, chicken, fish, shellfish, squashes, beans, chestnuts, hickory nuts, onions, leeks, dried fruits, maple syrup, honey, radishes, cabbages, carrots, eggs, wild birds, and goat cheese are believed to have been served at the first Thanksgiving celebration. Mashed potatoes, sweet potatoes, pumpkin pies, popcorn, milk, corn on the cob, and cranberries were not part of the very first Thanksgiving. While no one knows for sure if they had turkey, which would have been wild turkey, they likely did have goose and duck. Pumpkins cooked in the shell and corn cut off the cob and cooked possibly may have been served.
Jeremiah: How many pilgrims does it take to change a light bulb?
Tobias: What is this ‘light bulb’ of which thou speakest, stranger?
How to Observe Thanksgiving
Count your blessings instead of your crosses;
Count your gains instead of your losses.
Count your joys instead of your woes;
Count your friends instead of your foes.
Count your smiles instead of your tears;
Count your courage instead of your fears.
Count your full years instead of your lean;
Count your kind deeds instead of your mean.
Count your health instead of your wealth;
Count on God instead of yourself.
by Author Unknown
Days of thanksgiving continued to be celebrated throughout the American colonies following the Autumn or Fall harvests, but on different dates. Then, in October 1777, following a successful defeat of British military forces, all 13 colonies celebrated Thanksgiving together for the first time. Following the colonies becoming a new nation that would eventually be known as the United States of America, President George Washington declared the first national Thanksgiving Holiday, initially in 1789 and again in 1795.
On This Thanksgiving Day
On this Thanksgiving Day,
May your home be filled
With the loving presence
Of our almighty God,
May His presence be felt
In your home,
And May His gift of peace
Be present in your home.
Reflect upon His blessings to you
And thank Him for
What He has done for you.
Happy Thanksgiving!
by Author Unknown
By the mid-1800’s, many states observed a Thanksgiving holiday. In 1846, Sarah Josepha Hale, the editor of “Godey’s Lady’s Book” magazine and the writer of the poem “Mary’s Lamb” (1830), also known as the nursery rhyme “Mary Had a Little Lamb,” worked to have Thanksgiving made a national holiday that would be dedicated to giving thanks and making prayers. She succeeded in her campaign. On 3 October 1863, in the midst of the American Civil War, President Abraham Lincoln issued a ‘Thanksgiving Proclamation,’ declaring two Thanksgivings: one in August to commemorate the Battle of Gettysburg, and the second on the last Thursday in November to give thanks.
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Thanksgiving Blessing
May your stuffing be tasty,
may your turkey be plump.
May your potatoes ‘n’ gravy
have nary* a lump.
May your yams be delicious,
may your pies take the prize.
May your Thanksgiving dinner
stay off of your thighs!
May your Thanksgiving
truly be blessed!
by Author Unknown
* nary: ne’er, a contraction of ‘never’; also meaning ‘not’ or ‘hardly.’
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In 1939, President Franklin Delano Roosevelt wanted to move Thanksgiving from the fourth to the third Thursday in November. The country was still suffering from the devastating Great Depression, and President Roosevelt believed that having Thanksgiving one week early would help the economy by making the Christmas shopping season longer. However, many people were upset with the idea of moving Thanksgiving to a different calendar date, so on 26 December 1941, the United States Congress passed a law that declared Thanksgiving a national holiday to be held on the fourth Thursday in November of each year.
“Asked about what she was thankful for on Thanksgiving Holiday, one child said she was thankful that she was not a turkey.” -Author Unknown
Thanksgiving, noun. 1. a. the act of giving thanks. b. an expression of this, especially, a formal, often public, expression of thanks to God in the form of prayer, and so forth. 2. an annual American holiday observed on the fourth Thursday of November, as a day of giving thanks and feasting; it commemorates the Pilgrims’ celebration of the good harvest of 1621.
Thanksgiving Day
“Thanksgiving Day is coming”
So Mr. Turkey said,
“And very careful I must be
or I will lose my head.”
The pumpkin heard the turkey,
“Oh, goodness me, oh my,
They’ll mix me up with sugar and spice
And I’ll be pumpkin pie.”
by Author Unknown
Rick: Why did the turkey cross the road?
Richa: He wanted people to think he was the chicken.
“Thanksgiving, after all, is a word of action.” -W. J. Cameron (William John Cameron (1879 - 1953))
Leslie: Why was the glutton tickled when he ate the turkey?
Wesley: Because he forgot to pluck the feathers!
It was the first time the young woman would be eating Thanksgiving dinner without her family. Trying to re-enact the tradition, she prepared a dinner for herself alone. The next day, her mother called to find out how everything went. “Oh, mother, I made myself a lovely dinner, but I had trouble trying to eat the turkey!” said the young woman. “Did it taste good?” her mother asked. “I don’t know,” the young woman said. “It wouldn’t sit still.”
If Turkeys Thought
If turkeys thought, they’d run away,
A week before Thanksgiving Day.
But turkeys can’t anticipate,
And so there’s turkey on my plate!
by Jack Prelutsky
Since 1947, the National Turkey Federation has presented a live turkey and two dressed turkeys to the President of the United States of America at the White House. Starting with the first live turkey, which was given to President Harry S Truman in 1947, every President has ‘pardoned’ the turkey, rather than eating it, and the live turkeys have been allowed to live out their days on a historic farm, where they “Gobble-gobble!” all day long.
First Turkey: What are you thankful for?
Second Turkey: Vegetarians and vegans!
Fat Turkey’s Song
Oh, gobble, gobble, gobble,
Fat turkeys, fat turkeys.
Oh, gobble, gobble, gobble,
Fat turkeys are we.
We walk very proudly and gobble so loudly,
Gobble, gobble, gobble, gobble, gobble.
Oh, gobble, gobble, gobble.
Fat turkeys are we.
by Author Unknown: can be sung to the same tune of that of, “Did You Ever See a Lassie?”
Mattie: If a big turkey is a gobbler, what is a small one?
Patty: A goblet.
It was the day before Thanksgiving, and the butcher was just locking up when a man began pounding on the front door. “Please let me in,” the man pleaded desperately. “I forgot to buy a turkey, and my wife will lock me out of the house if I don’t come home with one.” “Okay,” said the butcher. “Let me see what I have left.” He went into the freezer and discovered that there was only one scrawny turkey left. He brought it out to show to the man. ”That one is too skinny. What else have you got?” asked the man. The butcher took the bird back into the freezer, waited a few minutes, and brought the same turkey back out to the man. “Oh, no,” said the man. “That one doesn’t look any better. You’d better give me both of them!”
Martin: If the Pilgrims were alive today, what would they be famous for?
Marcella: Their age.
Five Little Pilgrims
Five little Pilgrims on Thanksgiving Day
The first one said, “I’ll have cake if I may.”
The second one said, “I’ll have turkey roasted.”
The third one said, “I’ll have chestnuts toasted.”
The fourth one said, “I’ll have pumpkin pie.”
The fifth one said, “Oh, cranberries I spy.”
But before the Pilgrims ate their turkey dressing,
They bowed their heads and said a Thanksgiving blessing.
by Author Unknown
Marla: What do you get when you cross a turkey with a centipede?
Darla: Enough drumsticks for everybody!
“I think that one of the things I’m most grateful for on Thanksgiving is that, when the Lord was deciding who would need help at this season and who would be in a position to give help, he permitted me to be among the givers.” -Bill Gold
Ten Little Turkeys
One little, two little, three little turkeys -
Four little, five little, six little turkeys -
Seven little, eight little, nine little turkeys -
Ten little turkeys - run away!
by Author Unknown
“Gobble ’til you wobble.” -Author Unknown
This is MFOL! . . . because life is funny sometimes . . . if not all the time . . .
Thanksgiving Colors
Orange is a pumpkin.
Yellow is the corn.
Brown is the turkey
With stuffing to adorn.
Red are the cranberries.
Green are the beans.
Five delicious colors -
In a feast of my dreams.
by Author Unknown
“At Thanksgiving, my mom always makes too much food, especially one item, like 700 or 800 pounds of sweet potatoes. She’s got to push it during the meal. ‘Did you get some sweet potatoes? . . . They’re hot. There’s more in the oven . . . some more in the garage. The rest are at the Johnson’s.’” -Louie Anderson
Riddle: What happens after you stuff yourself with turkey at Thanksgiving and cannot possibly eat another bite?
Solution: You have a few slices of pumpkin pie.
The Pilgrims were English Protestant Christians who wanted to be free from religious persecution by the Church of England. In September 1620, 102 Pilgrims set sail to the part of the ‘New World’ now known as North America. They sailed for 66 days across the Atlantic Ocean on a ship named the Mayflower. The ship was moved along on the journey by only the wind in its sails and the ocean’s currents. On board, they carried a few things they would need to start new lives in the New World, including Bibles, muskets for hunting and defense, plant seeds for growing food crops, and livestock, or farm animals. On 11 December 1620, the Pilgrims landed at Plymouth Rock in the Colony of Plymouth, which is now Plymouth, Massachusetts, United States of America.
Jake: What is the best way to stuff a turkey?
Tom: Take him out for pizza and ice cream!
The Butterball Turkey Hotline at 1-800-288-8372 offers advice to callers from experts on how to cook turkeys. A woman once called the hotline to find out how long it would take to roast her turkey. To answer the question, the talk-line home economist asked how much the bird weighed. The woman replied, “I don’t know - it’s still running around outside.” Enjoy your Thanksgiving Holiday turkey!
Belinda: Why do turkeys always go gobble, gobble?
Melinda: Because they have never learned good table manners!
The area in which the Pilgrims landed was within a part of southern New England inhabited by a semi-nomadic hunting and gathering tribal people who practiced some agriculture. The remnants of their people, numbering a few thousand or less, are still surviving, and are called the Wampanoags, although they are still commonly mislabeled as ‘Indians,’ a persistent error. Among the Wampanoags of the time was Squanto, who had been to Europe and who had learned to speak English. Squanto was a frequent visitor to the Pilgrims.
Overheard: If, as the saying goes, you are what you eat, that makes us all turkeys!
Five Little Turkeys
Five little turkeys standing by a door,
One waddled off, and then there were four.
Four little turkeys under a tree,
One waddled off, and then there were three.
Three little turkeys with nothing to do,
One waddled off, and then there were two.
Two little turkeys in the noonday Sun,
One waddled off, and then there was 1.
One little turkey had better run away,
For soon will come Thanksgiving Day.
by Author Unknown
Eliza: What is a turkey’s favorite dessert?
Lizzie: Peach gobbler!
Squanto taught to the Pilgrims the native inhabitants’ ‘Three Sisters’ method of growing corn, beans, and squash. First, flat-topped mounds of dirt about 50 centimeters (20 inches) across and about 30 centimeters (1 foot) high were made. Then corn, or maize, seeds (kernels of corn) were planted in the middle of each mound. When the corn plants grew to about 15 centimeters (6 inches) in height, the bean seeds and squash seeds were planted in the mounds, in an alternating order around the corn plants. As the naturally climbing bean and squash plants grew up from the ground, they would cling to and be supported by the corn plant stalks as they themselves grew taller. The roots of the bean plants affixed nitrogen to the soil, which the corn and squash plants need to grow. The large leaves of the squash plants shade the ground, stopping weeds from growing out of it and preventing the Sun from drying out the soil. In areas with poor soil, fish and eels were buried in the soil to fertilize it. The combination of corn, beans, and squash in the diet can provide people with the essential fatty acids, complex carbohydrates, and 8 essential amino acids necessary to stay in good health.
Moon Buggy: What do hippies put on their mashed potatoes?
Flower Child: Groovy, man!
“The Pilgrims made seven times more graves than huts. No Americans have been more impoverished than these who, nevertheless, set aside a day of thanksgiving.” -H. U. Westermayer
Thanksgiving Holiday tongue twister: If the two-toed turkey towed twelve times ten talking turtles, how many talking turtles did the two-toed turkey tow?
In March 1621, a pact, or agreement, was made between the Pilgrims’ leader Governor William Bradford and the Wampanoag’s Chief Massasoit. The two groups agreed to fight together to protect each other against raiding tribes and warring tribes in the region. The harvest later that year was a successful one, following a particularly harsh Winter, so to celebrate the success of the harvest and the success of the pact, the Pilgrims held a traditional English harvest feast, which is now widely recognized as the first Thanksgiving. The pilgrims invited the Wampanoags to the three-day celebration. The women and youth played ball games, sang songs, and danced. The men engaged in contests of physical strength and demonstrations of hunting skills. The Pilgrims would have likely sung praise hymns and shared the Gospel with the Wampanoags insofar as was possible.
“Thanksgiving Day comes, by statute, once a year; to the honest man it comes as frequently as the heart of gratitude will allow.” -Edward Sandford Martin
Turkey Anne
There once was a turkey named Anne
She gobbled whenever she ran
Her feathers, always ruffled
Her voice, never muffled
But she still ended up in the pan.
by Author Unknown
“Here’s a Thanksgiving tip: Generally, your turkey is not cooked enough if it passes you the cranberry sauce.” -Joan Rivers
Lobster, venison (deer meat), rabbit, chicken, fish, shellfish, squashes, beans, chestnuts, hickory nuts, onions, leeks, dried fruits, maple syrup, honey, radishes, cabbages, carrots, eggs, wild birds, and goat cheese are believed to have been served at the first Thanksgiving celebration. Mashed potatoes, sweet potatoes, pumpkin pies, popcorn, milk, corn on the cob, and cranberries were not part of the very first Thanksgiving. While no one knows for sure if they had turkey, which would have been wild turkey, they likely did have goose and duck. Pumpkins cooked in the shell and corn cut off the cob and cooked possibly may have been served.
Jeremiah: How many pilgrims does it take to change a light bulb?
Tobias: What is this ‘light bulb’ of which thou speakest, stranger?
How to Observe Thanksgiving
Count your blessings instead of your crosses;
Count your gains instead of your losses.
Count your joys instead of your woes;
Count your friends instead of your foes.
Count your smiles instead of your tears;
Count your courage instead of your fears.
Count your full years instead of your lean;
Count your kind deeds instead of your mean.
Count your health instead of your wealth;
Count on God instead of yourself.
by Author Unknown
Days of thanksgiving continued to be celebrated throughout the American colonies following the Autumn or Fall harvests, but on different dates. Then, in October 1777, following a successful defeat of British military forces, all 13 colonies celebrated Thanksgiving together for the first time. Following the colonies becoming a new nation that would eventually be known as the United States of America, President George Washington declared the first national Thanksgiving Holiday, initially in 1789 and again in 1795.
On This Thanksgiving Day
On this Thanksgiving Day,
May your home be filled
With the loving presence
Of our almighty God,
May His presence be felt
In your home,
And May His gift of peace
Be present in your home.
Reflect upon His blessings to you
And thank Him for
What He has done for you.
Happy Thanksgiving!
by Author Unknown
By the mid-1800’s, many states observed a Thanksgiving holiday. In 1846, Sarah Josepha Hale, the editor of “Godey’s Lady’s Book” magazine and the writer of the poem “Mary’s Lamb” (1830), also known as the nursery rhyme “Mary Had a Little Lamb,” worked to have Thanksgiving made a national holiday that would be dedicated to giving thanks and making prayers. She succeeded in her campaign. On 3 October 1863, in the midst of the American Civil War, President Abraham Lincoln issued a ‘Thanksgiving Proclamation,’ declaring two Thanksgivings: one in August to commemorate the Battle of Gettysburg, and the second on the last Thursday in November to give thanks.
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Thanksgiving Blessing
May your stuffing be tasty,
may your turkey be plump.
May your potatoes ‘n’ gravy
have nary* a lump.
May your yams be delicious,
may your pies take the prize.
May your Thanksgiving dinner
stay off of your thighs!
May your Thanksgiving
truly be blessed!
by Author Unknown
* nary: ne’er, a contraction of ‘never’; also meaning ‘not’ or ‘hardly.’
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In 1939, President Franklin Delano Roosevelt wanted to move Thanksgiving from the fourth to the third Thursday in November. The country was still suffering from the devastating Great Depression, and President Roosevelt believed that having Thanksgiving one week early would help the economy by making the Christmas shopping season longer. However, many people were upset with the idea of moving Thanksgiving to a different calendar date, so on 26 December 1941, the United States Congress passed a law that declared Thanksgiving a national holiday to be held on the fourth Thursday in November of each year.
“Asked about what she was thankful for on Thanksgiving Holiday, one child said she was thankful that she was not a turkey.” -Author Unknown
Thanksgiving, noun. 1. a. the act of giving thanks. b. an expression of this, especially, a formal, often public, expression of thanks to God in the form of prayer, and so forth. 2. an annual American holiday observed on the fourth Thursday of November, as a day of giving thanks and feasting; it commemorates the Pilgrims’ celebration of the good harvest of 1621.
Thanksgiving Day
“Thanksgiving Day is coming”
So Mr. Turkey said,
“And very careful I must be
or I will lose my head.”
The pumpkin heard the turkey,
“Oh, goodness me, oh my,
They’ll mix me up with sugar and spice
And I’ll be pumpkin pie.”
by Author Unknown
Rick: Why did the turkey cross the road?
Richa: He wanted people to think he was the chicken.
“Thanksgiving, after all, is a word of action.” -W. J. Cameron (William John Cameron (1879 - 1953))
Leslie: Why was the glutton tickled when he ate the turkey?
Wesley: Because he forgot to pluck the feathers!
It was the first time the young woman would be eating Thanksgiving dinner without her family. Trying to re-enact the tradition, she prepared a dinner for herself alone. The next day, her mother called to find out how everything went. “Oh, mother, I made myself a lovely dinner, but I had trouble trying to eat the turkey!” said the young woman. “Did it taste good?” her mother asked. “I don’t know,” the young woman said. “It wouldn’t sit still.”
If Turkeys Thought
If turkeys thought, they’d run away,
A week before Thanksgiving Day.
But turkeys can’t anticipate,
And so there’s turkey on my plate!
by Jack Prelutsky
Since 1947, the National Turkey Federation has presented a live turkey and two dressed turkeys to the President of the United States of America at the White House. Starting with the first live turkey, which was given to President Harry S Truman in 1947, every President has ‘pardoned’ the turkey, rather than eating it, and the live turkeys have been allowed to live out their days on a historic farm, where they “Gobble-gobble!” all day long.
First Turkey: What are you thankful for?
Second Turkey: Vegetarians and vegans!
Fat Turkey’s Song
Oh, gobble, gobble, gobble,
Fat turkeys, fat turkeys.
Oh, gobble, gobble, gobble,
Fat turkeys are we.
We walk very proudly and gobble so loudly,
Gobble, gobble, gobble, gobble, gobble.
Oh, gobble, gobble, gobble.
Fat turkeys are we.
by Author Unknown: can be sung to the same tune of that of, “Did You Ever See a Lassie?”
Mattie: If a big turkey is a gobbler, what is a small one?
Patty: A goblet.
It was the day before Thanksgiving, and the butcher was just locking up when a man began pounding on the front door. “Please let me in,” the man pleaded desperately. “I forgot to buy a turkey, and my wife will lock me out of the house if I don’t come home with one.” “Okay,” said the butcher. “Let me see what I have left.” He went into the freezer and discovered that there was only one scrawny turkey left. He brought it out to show to the man. ”That one is too skinny. What else have you got?” asked the man. The butcher took the bird back into the freezer, waited a few minutes, and brought the same turkey back out to the man. “Oh, no,” said the man. “That one doesn’t look any better. You’d better give me both of them!”
Martin: If the Pilgrims were alive today, what would they be famous for?
Marcella: Their age.
Five Little Pilgrims
Five little Pilgrims on Thanksgiving Day
The first one said, “I’ll have cake if I may.”
The second one said, “I’ll have turkey roasted.”
The third one said, “I’ll have chestnuts toasted.”
The fourth one said, “I’ll have pumpkin pie.”
The fifth one said, “Oh, cranberries I spy.”
But before the Pilgrims ate their turkey dressing,
They bowed their heads and said a Thanksgiving blessing.
by Author Unknown
Marla: What do you get when you cross a turkey with a centipede?
Darla: Enough drumsticks for everybody!
“I think that one of the things I’m most grateful for on Thanksgiving is that, when the Lord was deciding who would need help at this season and who would be in a position to give help, he permitted me to be among the givers.” -Bill Gold
Ten Little Turkeys
One little, two little, three little turkeys -
Four little, five little, six little turkeys -
Seven little, eight little, nine little turkeys -
Ten little turkeys - run away!
by Author Unknown
“Gobble ’til you wobble.” -Author Unknown
This is MFOL! . . . because life is funny sometimes . . . if not all the time . . .
