Thanksgiving

Thanksgiving is on record as being America’s second-favorite holiday (Christmas wins first prize, of course), so it makes sense that Thanksgiving lore is a part of our shared cultural history and something we start learning early in our lives. But it turns out a lot of what we think we know about Turkey Day is wrong.

I wasn't introduced to green bean casserole until about 7 years ago. My mother-n-law made it one Sunday after church. Now it's one of my favorite dishes. Yesterday on Madison and Shepherd, one of our 'Darn Near Impossible' trivia questions was "When was Campbell's Soup Company's Green Bean Casserole "invented".

I have never shared any type of e-card. I have, however, laughed at a few from friends Facebook feeds. I snapped up a few I saw regarding Thanksgiving.

Thanksgiving, of course, is a time to pause and reflect about all the good in our lives, but what exactly are we thankful for this year?

People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) has released a pretty gory animated video to encourage us to "Go Vegan" this year for Thanksgiving. With over 3 million members and supporters, I guess some people believe none of us should eat meat.

Thanksgiving without turkey would be like Easter without eggs. But could it happen?

The Northport Fire Rescue stays involved with the community. Just a few weeks ago we talk with them about the importance of changing your smoke alarm and carbon monoxide batteries.This weekend, they are out doing a live FIRE demonstration for your safety!

If you run the risk of eating so much of the main course that you can’t entertain the thought of enjoying dessert this Thanksgiving, then have we got some big news for you.

Thanksgiving is almost here, which means we start seeing turkeys everywhere—on TV, in our children's school drawings, running through our dreams every single night while we sleep ... you get the idea. And eventually these poor turkeys will be inside many of our overstuffed stomachs as well.

On behalf of the Townsquare Media family, I would like to personally wish your family a million reasons to be thankful this Thanksgiving. In the dark days following those harrowing moments on afternoon in April, we learned that our neighbors names aren’t always known, but iron does indeed sharpen iron...