Supposedly the first Thanksgiving was held in 1621 but for some reason we only celebrated it a couple of times over the next 242 years. Then Sarah Josepha Hale, a magazine editor, who spent 40 years writing editorials and letters championing a national day of Thanksgiving, finally saw her obsession become a reality when President Lincoln in 1863 proclaimed the last Thursday in November as a national holiday.
I’m assuming during the 242 years that they didn’t celebrate Thanksgiving was because they didn’t have much to be thankful for. They didn’t have a microwave, so I don’t see how they could have had Thanksgiving dinner anyway and there was no TV to watch football. Even the day after Thanksgiving was a drag because there were no retail stores to go shop til you drop. People didn't have jobs, so they didn't even get the day off.
I don’t know how they discovered any new territory, after all their wagon trains didn’t have a GPS. I’m not even sure why they went west, they didn’t have Rush or Glen to tell them which direction the country should go. And why discover new territory anyway? They couldn’t tweet anybody to tell them how cool it was or what the natives were wearing that year.
Of course in my warped little brain, I look back and think they had a lot to be thankful for. Hey, they had no computers, cell phones, automobiles, television, movies, fast food, airplanes, microwaves, Sarah Palin, Rush Limebaugh, Glen Beck, The Tea Party, Republicans, Democrats, The Taliban, Randy and Eve Quaid, al-Qaeda, red-light cameras, traffic jams, dependency on oil, airport security pat-downs, rap music or text messaging.
Stay tuned for future adventures and I hope everyone has a Happy Thanksgiving. It could be a little bleak around here. I just found out that our favorite pizza place is going to be closed. Damn….Remember more Sleeps Til Noon stuff at www.hotslop.com
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