From a 40’s image of the Macy’s Thanksgiving Parade – a great reminder that there is always room for Halloween in your celebration, and the best use of pumpkin!
Tag Archives: Thanksgiving
A Happy Thanksgiving to you all!
Tastes of the season into the pot,
bubbling and boiling together til hot,
wafting through air, in steamy puffs and in rings,
are the magic spells and smells that Thanksgiving brings.
Thanksgiving Hotpot, A. E., 2013
Arsenic & Old Lace a reminder against overindulgence
The day after Thanksgiving you may feel yourself in need of savory sustenance of a different variety, I can recommend Arsenic & Old Lace as a lovely alternative to raiding the fridge. The classic Frank Capra film starring Cary Grant, Peter Lorre, Raymond Massey and Priscilla Lane is a favorite to watch while waiting for the waistline to return to its usual proportion. Instead of posting the usual shots of the movie, I present you with some fun visuals in the form of playbills. Enjoy and don’t forget overindulgence can be deadly – or at least really uncomfortable.
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What’s your wish?
Love this scene at the end of A Charlie Brown Thanksgiving, 1973. Each time I watch I wait for the moment Snoopy and Woodstock are left to their own celebration. Here at the end of their meal is what I refer to as the “Wishbone Protocol”. While I am thankful for many things, my wish is to always have my husband with me on Thanksgiving, he is a soldier and we’ve missed too many in the last twelve years of our twenty year marriage. Although we share ”Anydays”, it is nice to have him here on the days when others are doing the same. So mine has come true. How about you?
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Family, Friends, Feast
I know its a stressful day what with the family and all, but it can be fun too. Hope its a great day for you all and many thanks to everyone from me and my family for visiting the site. I am thankful for the opportunity to share.
Image source Tee and Charles Addams Foundation
Oh dear
The Eclectic Halloween Artists Guild, or EHAG Emporium highlights some amazing art pieces like this example from Artist David Everett of Chicken Lips. Check it out, if you’ve got time waiting on dinner…or when you’re between bastings.
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Hearth Magic
Tastes of the season into the pot,
bubbling and boiling together til hot,
wafting through air, in steamy puffs and in rings,
are the magic spells and smells that Thanksgiving brings.
Thanksgiving Hotpot, A. E., 2013
Raphael Tuck & Sons, series No. 123., 1908.
Pumpkinology
Uh, drooling here.
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Mirth and Musings Part 7
The weather here on the west coast is definitely Fall-like at last, chill temperatures and brisk gusts of wind remind me of why I prefer this time of year. Time to break out the scarves and mittens, flannels and fuzzy slippers. Just to make cozying up that much more enjoyable. The approaching Thanksgiving holiday makes me pause and reflect, as I still see pumpkins decorating porches and sills and tabletops. We always save one or two from October to enjoy through November – a bright orange reminder – it’s interesting how the pumpkin, the idea of it, transitions from the herald of giving treats to the herald of giving thanks. Many of us will close the holiday with that slice of spicy sweetness. It’s a fitting way to bookend Autumn. Enjoy this New Yorker cover from 1973, a house simply celebrating the season.
New Yorker Magazine, Stevenson, 1973
