WASS IST DASS…DANKE GEBEN? (…just a bit of our folkloric myth as an excuse to stuff ourselves silly…once each year) We Americans have managed to come up with a large number of myths about our history, not just about us
Thanksgiving
THANKSGIVING… (… and how fortunate we’re still able to do so…) It’s that time of year again when we celebrate a folklore event of our history, which may or may not have occurred the way we think it did; but,
IT’S THANKSGIVING…. (…so how come all we can ever get for it is…the whole bird?) At the risk of being considered just another grumpy old Scrooge, on what is supposed to be the main occasion of the year for us