jive turkey

Thanksgiving is gone.

think about it. every year the stores put the Christmas schlock out a little earlier.

and every year there's a little more of it.

and the more Christmas schlock they put out, the less room there is for Thanksgiving schlock.

remember when you were a kid and there'd be pilgrim centerpieces and turkey candles and pumpkin shaped kleenex cozies all over the place in november? no more. i guess the stores figured the profit margin wasn't high enough. now they start putting out the snowmen and garlands and plastic relief sculpture santas right after labor day weekend.

if it wasn't for the m&m mars candy display, you wouldn't even notice halloween going by.

well, i say it's time to fight back!

go into your garage, your hall closet, your tool shed, your winnebago, and haul out all your long forgotten Thanksgiving schlock. Display it this weekend and every Thanksgiving weekend, and save the plastic Santa until at least after pearl harbor day.

and here's a jpeg of my little sister's pet turkey, melon, to get you started.

melon passed on a year or two ago (of natural causes) after a long career dedicated to the preservation of Thanksgiving iconography.

Kurt "big daddy" True
25 november 2003