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THANKS FOR NOTHING: How Willie B. Ford Saved Thanksgiving by Hampton Dellinger
Willie B. Ford loved food, football, and his family. His favorite holiday was Thanksgiving. Unfortunately for Willie, Thanksgiving was getting squeezed.
On one side was Halloween, which was the number one holiday for Willie's little brother, Sam. Halloween always comes on the last day in October, and Willie didn't mind devoting the whole month to picking and carving the perfect pumpkin, pondering who or what to dress up as, and plotting the best trick-or-treating route.
But with the costumes going on sale in August and the candy lasting through November, Halloween began feeling more like a season than a night.
Closing in fast on the other side of Thanksgiving was Christmas where the "twelve days" of golden rings and turtle doves seemed to have been stretched into 112 what with the songs starting before Thanksgiving and the decorations staying up until February. Christmas was the favorite holiday of Willie's big sister, Noel.
Now don’t get me wrong. Its not that Willie had no interest in candy or presents. Like any kid, he did. Its just that it seemed to Willie that everyone -- from toddlers to teens to grownups -- had lost all sense of proportion. For example, there was the music associated with each holiday -- scores of Halloween songs and whole music store aisles devoted just to Christmas. As for Thanksgiving tunes, Willie had never heard a one.
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