“Drink and be thankful to the host! What seems insignificant when you have it, is important when you need it.”
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thanksgiving
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“The truth is the Super Bowl long ago became more than just a football game. It's part of our culture like turkey at Thanksgiving and lights at Christmas, and like those holidays beyond their meaning, a factor in our economy.”
“As a kid, I was always mad - just noticing the women at Thanksgiving, running around the kitchen, while the men were watching football. For one, I don't want to cook, and for two, I hate football. I was stuck in the middle.”
“Even though we're a week and a half away from Thanksgiving, it's beginning to look a lot like Christmas.”
“Black Friday is not another bad hair day in Wall Street. It's the term used by American retailers to describe the day after the Thanksgiving Holiday, seen as the semi-official start of Christmas shopping season.”
“I love Halloween, trick or treating and decorating the house. And I love Thanksgiving, because of the football and the fall weather. And of course, I love Christmas - that's my favorite of all!”
“Christmas is the antithesis of Thanksgiving. Christmas is pretty much a man-made holiday.”
“My fondest memories are generally the day after Thanksgiving. I get the total decorating Christmas itch.”
“I celebrated Thanksgiving in an old-fashioned way. I invited everyone in my neighborhood to my house, we had an enormous feast, and then I killed them and took their land.”
“Gratitude is the inward feeling of kindness received. Thankfulness is the natural impulse to express that feeling. Thanksgiving is the following of that impulse.”
“Thanksgiving dinners take eighteen hours to prepare. They are consumed in twelve minutes. Half-times take twelve minutes. This is not coincidence.”
“There is one day that is ours. Thanksgiving Day is the one day that is purely American.”
“My cooking is so bad my kids thought Thanksgiving was to commemorate Pearl Harbor.”
“If you think Independence Day is America's defining holiday, think again. Thanksgiving deserves that title, hands-down.”
“If you think about a Thanksgiving dinner, it's really like making a large chicken.”
“A lot of Thanksgiving days have been ruined by not carving the turkey in the kitchen.”
“My whole problem is that all of my favorite things at Thanksgiving are the starches, and everyone is trying to go low-carb this year, even a green vegetable has carbs in it.”
“It's so warm now, and Thanksgiving came so early - is it just me, or does it not really feel like Ramadan?”
“Not to sound too much like Christopher Guest in 'Waiting for Guffman,' but on Thanksgiving you're putting on a show!”
“As much as I love crisp, clean whites, there's always a time for rich but balanced Chardonnays with oak, especially at Thanksgiving.”
“Thanksgiving is a season that is very much in accord with the themes and teachings of Jesus Christ.”
“I absolutely adore Thanksgiving. It's the only holiday I insist on making myself.”
“As governor, when I visited our troops in Kuwait and Iraq, I served them Thanksgiving dinner. It was a small gesture compared to their sacrifice.”
“My favorite meal is turkey and mashed potatoes. I love Thanksgiving, it's just my favorite. I can have Thanksgiving all year round.”