because tradition demands it (my great-grandmother's ditty for the day)
Tomorrow is Thanksgiving Day
and I feel mighty glum.
There'll be three boys to dinner.
Yes, three boys are sure to come --
and they'll each want a drumstick.
Oh say, what shall we do?
We cannot have three drumsticks
when the turkey has but two!
(From the days before refrigeration and turkey parts in foam trays)
(cross-posted from chefxh.dreamwidth.org)
and I feel mighty glum.
There'll be three boys to dinner.
Yes, three boys are sure to come --
and they'll each want a drumstick.
Oh say, what shall we do?
We cannot have three drumsticks
when the turkey has but two!
(From the days before refrigeration and turkey parts in foam trays)
(cross-posted from chefxh.dreamwidth.org)