Monday, November 21, 2005

Just Right

This year, Thanksgiving falls on November 24. For some reason, this strikes me as the perfect date for Thanksgiving. Maybe it's because Thanksgiving was on November 24 the first year I was old enough to understand the concept of dates on a calendar. Or maybe it's more complex than that.

Because Thanksgiving is congressionally mandated to fall on the fourth Thursday in November, there are a limited amount of dates on which it may actually fall.

November 22 and 23 seem too early for Thanksgiving. November 25, being exactly a month before Christmas, makes Thanksgiving to be more of a celebration of exactly one month until Christmas than a celebration of Thanksgiving itself. The 25th is a Christmas date. November 26 through the 29th all seem too late for Thanksgiving. Well, maybe the 26th would be okay, but anything after that is just too darn late.

Therefore, everything is right in my world, because Thanksgiving this year is on November 24th. Doesn't happen every year, you know. So I'm going to enjoy it. Just as whoever cooked this turkey did.

Posted by Honey :: 4:52 PM :: 8 Comments:

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