actually the first Thanksgiving was to thank the Indians for helping the first settlers to make it through the tough year.

Hey did you know that Benjamin Franklin wanted to make the turkey the national bird of the US? For some reason the Bald Eagle won out...Just think..we could all be eating eagle for Thanksgiving...hmm..yuck, no thanks..

Grant me the senility to forget the people I never liked,the good fortune to run into the ones I do,and the eyesight to tell the difference.