tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1822452633282744192.post7278911429906721341..comments2024-03-25T12:21:56.752-05:00Comments on Sweethearts Of The West: The Many Thanksgivings of TexasCaroline Clemmonshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14914658854159456335noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1822452633282744192.post-27420803829402236072017-11-22T16:47:26.279-06:002017-11-22T16:47:26.279-06:00I have often thought Texas was the state of raging...I have often thought Texas was the state of raging individualists. Your article certainly highlights how different and contrary Texans can be...and I mean that in the most positive way. In a time when there are so many who would not dare disrupt the common held beliefs and accepted norm, Texans speak up, take a stand, and take action. So I am not the least bit surprise by the state having two Thanksgivings. I am, however, not going to make two turkeys with all the fixin's two weeks in a row. The second Thanksgiving will have to be with hot dogs and cole claw, and roasted marshmallows. Just sayin'...<br />A most interesting blog, Lyn. Sarah J. McNealhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17749991094677728042noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1822452633282744192.post-14521870144883981982017-11-21T13:47:13.047-06:002017-11-21T13:47:13.047-06:00Glad you like the menu, Morgan. I actually found t...Glad you like the menu, Morgan. I actually found the graphic online (on dreamstime.com) so I can't take credit for it. That said, I like it too. As for the first Thanksgiving, I think we should credit our Native Americans who no doubt thanked their gods for good hunts and crops eons before either the Spaniards or the Pilgrims arrived.Lyn Hornerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05596495172490672271noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1822452633282744192.post-71446966061834078502017-11-21T11:11:10.810-06:002017-11-21T11:11:10.810-06:00I like that Thanksgiving Dinner menu you posted! I...I like that Thanksgiving Dinner menu you posted! I had no idea Texas was the first to have a Thanksgiving dinner in North America.Morgan Mandelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10118929301591850918noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1822452633282744192.post-88971347924226389642017-11-20T16:37:40.066-06:002017-11-20T16:37:40.066-06:00Celia, I got a few laughs from reading a Fort Wort...Celia, I got a few laughs from reading a Fort Worth Star-Telegram article about the Texas reaction to Roosevelt's date change. It's surprising how irate many Texans were over it when you consider the original date was set by Lincoln during the Civil War.Lyn Hornerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05596495172490672271noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1822452633282744192.post-87103940982744353302017-11-20T15:21:07.326-06:002017-11-20T15:21:07.326-06:00Love it! Leave it to Texas to be different...I did...Love it! Leave it to Texas to be different...I did not know much of this, except I did know the date for Thanksgiving had been moved more than once.<br />And little did they know....that President Roosevelt, in moving Thanksgiving to an earlier date to provide..what?...more shopping days! You gotta love it.Thanks, Lyn<br />Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16272417114895975742noreply@blogger.com