As we move into Winter holiday blog posts about Thanskgiving,
Christmas, Hanukkah and Kwanza are increasing. Here is the first
roundup we will have in our series about bloggers blogging about the holidays.
First Up: Thanksgiving
Butternutsquash searches soar as Thanksgiving approaches.
Thanksgiving poses problems for diet bloggers like
Simply Kimberly.
Faeriebell's Favorites
posts the Thanksgiving travel forecast: "Around 37 million
Americans will travel somewhere 50 miles or more from their home
this Thanksgiving. 83% will travel by car, 12% by plane, and
5% by bus."
New Yorkers don't want to spend Thanksgiving with Mayor Bloomberg. Jossip will so long as he does the dishes.
The Jewish Blogmeister has a post about whether
or not Jews should celebrate Thanksgiving.
The Subway Knitter is already giving thanks for the Softwist Cardigan. Creating it was a "hard-won knitting victory."
Enflu makes Thanksgiving sound dangerous with some safety tips for
avoiding bird flu when preparing a Turkey dinner.
Slashfood found some games, like bobbing for apples and trolling for
pumpkins, that you can play after Thanksgiving dinner -- if you aren't asleep. Be sure to blog it if you do bob for apples or troll for pumpkins. That way we will know people actually do stuff like that.
Our ShoppingBlog.com has a post about a replica of Charlie Brown's pathetic Christmas tree that is for sale at Urban Outfitters. This time of year there is also a slew of best toy lists. A few of them are discussed on ShoppingBlog.com here, here and here.
The US Postal service has issued a Hanukkah draidel stamp.
The Wicca Pagan Blog
explains Yule: "Yule occurs on the Winter Solstice, tucked neatly between Hanukkah and Christmas."
If you want a holiday retail job starting looking now.
Christmas Lights: Boing Boing points to the Houseblinger.com website that provides photos of lit-up homes in England. Other bloggers have posted about Christmas lights here, here, here and here.
Flickr has many more here.
