November, 2014
The Christmas Connection
Christmas is said to be the most wonderful time of the year. Or at least that’s what Andy Williams tells us in his classic song that plays over the radio and in every shopping mall across the country. For me, this Christmas is indeed a very special one as it will be my first since […]
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Please Meet Your Meat (a/k/a “Holiday Meal”)
This holiday season many Americans will sit down for a family dinner and in the center of the table will be a turkey. How much do you know about the turkey that will be the centerpiece of your meal? Let me introduce you to her. Benjamin Franklin called the turkey “a bird of courage” and […]
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The True Meaning of Thanksgiving
The first Thanksgiving, or so they say, was the fourth Thursday in November, 1620. It being a legal holiday, Irving Schwartz had the day off from his job as an account manager at Plymouth, Bank and Trust and was bumming around the woods with his muzzle-loader. He came upon a wild turkey (not the whiskey, […]
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