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Thanksgiving 2012

Thursday, November 22, 2012

Thanksgiving Day by the Numbers

The U.S. Census Bureau shares information ranging from the value of turkey imports to total production of pumpkins and cherries.

In the fall of 1621, the Pilgrims, early settlers of Plymouth Colony, held a three-day feast to celebrate a bountiful harvest, an event many regard as the nation’s first Thanksgiving. Historians have also recorded ceremonies of thanks among other groups of European settlers in North America, including British colonists in Virginia in 1619. The legacy of thanks and the feast have survived the centuries, as the event became a national holiday in 1863 when President Abraham Lincoln proclaimed the last Thursday of November as a national day of thanksgiving. Later, President Franklin Roosevelt clarified that Thanksgiving should always be celebrated on the fourth Thursday of the month to encourage earlier holiday shopping, never on the …

Wednesday, November 14, 2012

Share Thanksgiving Recipes on Barrow Patch

Have a signature dish you like to prepare and don't mind sharing the recipe? Post an announcement now.

Thanksgiving is getting closer and closer — it's Thursday, Nov. 22, if you haven't yet checked your calendar — have you started planning what you will make?  Whether it's an amazing entree or a scrumptious side dish, whether you're cooking for two or more than 20, we invite you to share your best and favorite holiday recipes with fellow Patch users in our announcements section.  To post an announcement, all you need to do is: Check out a recipe for homemade macaroni and cheese and try a dessert suggestion.  Subscribe to Barrow Patch’s newsletters, follow us on Twitter and “like” us on Facebook.

Wednesday, November 7, 2012

Are You Ready for Thanksgiving 2012?

It's little more than two weeks to Thanksgiving 2012. Are you prepared?

Most people plan Thanksgiving well in advance, but with so much time spent on the elections this year, Thanksgiving has kind of sneaked up on us. Would you believe, it's only two weeks from tomorrow to Thanksgiving and with it the traditional beginning of the Christmas season. If you haven't started planning for Thanksgiving yet, you're already in trouble, according to the website Epicurious. It suggests a six week prep time if you want to do the holiday justice. Are you prepared for Thanksgiving 2012? And more importantly, in what has been a very contentious year, what is it that you can be most thankful for this year?

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