The Census Bureau is always providing bloggable facts. In a release they say, "In the fall of 1621, the religious separatist Pilgrims held a three-day feast to celebrate a bountiful harvest, an event many regard as the nation’s first Thanksgiving. It eventually became a national holiday in 1863 when President Abraham Lincoln proclaimed the last Thursday of November as a national day of thanksgiving. Later, President Franklin Roosevelt clarified that Thanksgiving should always be celebrated on the fourth Thursday of the month to encourage earlier holiday shopping, never on the occasional fifth Thursday."
The Census Bureau release also provides other facts about how many turkeys will be raised this year and about the 2007 U.S. production levels of Thanksgiving menu items like cranberries and sweet potatoes. At the end of the release you learn about how many towns in the U.S. are named Turkey (3) and how many places are named Plymouth (28).
Holidays are for making new logos - roundups of some of the Thanksgiving logos here,
here and here.
Neil Kramer started an annual tradition three years ago called Thank Your First Blog Commenter Day where he thanks his very first blog commenter. This year he is up to thanking his third blog commenter. If you want to thank your first commenter it isn't difficult. Neil says, "Just go all the way back into your archives and there he or she is — waiting for you!"
Some people were up very early to catch those Black Friday deals. Some pictures of what that looked like can be
found here. Now the deals move online for Cyber Monday.
Consumerist was bummed out by the lack of Black Friday violence early on.
The Education Wonk: "We've a lot to be thankful for. Every day above ground is good. Sure beats the alternative. We hope that you and yours are well this Thanksgiving Day."
The Onion has a video about all the time people send in the airports on Thanksgiving. The Cranky Flier has also blogged about this video.
Michelle Malkin doesn't want to hear any griping this Thanksgiving holiday.
That said there sure is plenty to grip about this Thanksgiving holiday - like oil spiking to $100 and
gas prices soaring out of control.
The Friendly Atheist has a thread about what are atheists thankful for - and who do they thank?
Snarke: "I am thankful for a family who gets along. Yeah, we’re a bunch of weirdos, but we are a bunch of weirdos who get each other and enjoy each other's company."
Twitter users were feeling the effects of tryptophan - an amino acid found in turkey.
Scientists claim that you would have to eat many turkeys before you consumed enough tryptophan to induce sleepiness but many Twitterers were blaming tryptophan anyway.
More than 130,000 Americans sent text messages of gratitude to U.S. Troops.
Britney Spears was spotted
on Thanksgiving. She actually looks happy and was wearing clothes. We can all be thankful for that.
Some turkeys visited a New York town for Thanksgiving: "The turkeys showed up Thursday morning, drawing crowds of spectators, but left _ marching in single file _ at about 1 p.m."
It's All For the Best: "Raise your hand if you feel like one of the Macy's parade balloons!"
PopSugar has an overly sweet post about Sacha Baron Cohen, Isla Fisher and Olive's first Thanksgiving.
President Bush phoned some U.S. troops. President Bush also pardoned May, the Thanksgiving turkey.
Turkey inflation: The price of a Turkey dinner soared 11% over last year's prices. That's probably not a surprise to many consumers who have been facing sticker shock at the grocery store. There may be more shock on the way as higher gas prices starting increasing the prices of food and merchandise.
Actors Kirk Douglas, Harrison Ford, Calista Flockhart and Nia Long were some of the celebrities serving food at the Los Angeles Mission.
jkOnTheRun has posted a list of mobile technology items that he would be very thankful to see.
Some people put giant inflatable turkeys in their yards as this blogger reports. It probably looked like one of these.
Somewhat Frank has posted a roundup of Thanksgiving resources.
The Bleacher Report has handed out some sports-related turkey awards. Michael Vick was one of the turkeys. Incidentally, Michael Vick ate turkey for dinner on Thanksgiving.
From the MSM - Man Bakes Enormous Turkey. UPI reports that a man had "a longstanding big-turkey-cooking rivalry with his sister" so he baked an enormous 72-pound turkey. The turkey was so big it took fifteen hours to cook and it fed 28 people. Someone also put the story here on Truemors.
