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A few selected quotations on the day and subject:<\/p>\n

‘Twas founded be th’ Puritans to give thanks f’r bein’ presarved fr’m th’ Indyans, an’ … we keep it to give thanks we are presarved fr’m th’ Puritans.
— Finley Peter Dunne (1867-1936) – Mr. Dooley’s Opinions,<\/em> “Thanksgiving” (1900)<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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ANYA: To commemorate a past event, you kill and eat an animal. It’s a ritual sacrifice. With pie.
— Jane Espenson, Buffy the Vampire Slayer<\/em>, “Pangs” (19 Oct 1999)<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

All jocularity aside, I am thankful this day for all that I have.  A lot of that is material, a bounty beyond anything the Pilgrims could have dreamt of, but more important are the people in my life. <\/p>\n

I’m thankful for my friends, too many of whom I don’t get to see nearly often enough.  Good times, bad times, soap operatic times, they are all good people to know.<\/p>\n

I’m thankful for my family back in California — my parents, Nona, my brother and his clan.  It is always a pleasure to be with them, and I’m grateful to share the bonds of relation.<\/p>\n

I’m thankful for Margie’s family, too.  Stereotypes about in-laws are, mercifully, just fodder for jokes, not any sort of description of what they’re like.<\/p>\n

I’m thankful, of course, for my daughter, the greatest kid in the whole world, the light of my life.<\/p>\n

And, of course, I’m thankful for Margie, who makes it all worthwhile — and who makes a pretty spiffy Thanksgiving dinner, too.  Yum!  Yes, I give many, many thanks for her.<\/p>\n

Happy Thanksgiving, all!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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