Sunday,  November 18, 2012 • Vol. 13--No. 123 • 3 of 30 •  Other Editions

The Lighter Side
Rev. James L. Snyder

The great Thanksgiving con

• Let me make it clear right up front that Thanksgiving is one of my favorite holidays. I admit I am not too fond of many

holidays. Can a week go by without some holiday that shuts down everybody?
• I celebrated Veteran's Day, for example, on Sunday and the next day I went to the bank and discovered the bank was celebrating Veteran's Day on Monday. Don't they know what day it is? I trust these people with my money?
• Of all the holidays we have, Thanksgiving is high on my list. I used to have a high regard for my birthday but so many of them have come that I do not like them anymore. I am ready to cancel that holiday. My birthday only means I am one year older and not one whit wiser.
• I am not thinking just about the scrumptious Thanksgiving dinner. Okay, maybe I am, a little. Down through the years, I have been great fraternity buddies with eating. We have bonded so great throughout the years that even now that bonding is beginning to show.
• I like Thanksgiving, and so I am a little confused about these Sanity Challenged Buffoons who are allergic to the word "Thanksgiving." They want to use names like, "Turkey Day," and the latest one "T-Day." What the "T" stands for is anybody's guess. I know what "D-Day" stands for but all the gray matter has leaked out of my skull trying to figure out what "T-Day" stands for.
• Given the rationality of these purveyors of insanity, I can only guess.
• Looking at what is happening to this great holiday, I have uncovered a con so

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