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On this day of Thanksgiving - take time to list the things for which you are Thankful. While life seems to move quickly, you can step back, take time to be express your graitutde for the life you have. Express thanks for your material and spiritual possessions on this day. Make this day about more than planning to shop or spending the day watching FOOTBALL or the Macy's parade.!



Originally known as Macy's Christmas Parade—to signify the launch of the Christmas shopping season—the first Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade took place in New York City in 1924. It was launched by Macy's employees and featured animals from the Central Park Zoo. Today, some 3 million people attend the annual parade and another 44 million watch it on television.
People often ask me if BLENKO GLASS http://www.blenkoglass.com/ ever made a TURKEY. By asking many people I discovered no Turkey was ever in the catalogue but TURKEY was made, one year at Christmas a Blenko craftsman made TURKEYS for all his workmates. If you are reading this and have a glass Turkey from BLENKO, please send photo and any information you are willing to share. Thanks. hjh


Webmaster Steve provided the following info about TURKEY DAY!
In a letter to his daughter sent in 1784, Benjamin Franklin suggested that the wild turkey would be a more appropriate national symbol for the newly independent United States than the bald eagle (which had earlier been chosen by the Continental Congress). He argued that the turkey was "a much more respectable Bird," "a true original Native of America," and "though a little vain & silly, a Bird of Courage.




Thanksgiving, or Thanksgiving Day, celebrated on the fourth Thursday in November, at the end of the harvest season, is an annual American Federal holiday to express thanks for one's material and spiritual possessions.
Most people celebrate by gathering at home with family or friends for a holiday feast. Though the holiday's origins can be traced to harvest festivals which have been celebrated in many cultures since ancient times, the American holiday has religious undertones related to the deliverance of the English settlers by Native Americans after the brutal winter at Plymouth, Massachusetts.
The period from Thanksgiving Day to New Year's Day often is called the holiday season.