Carols

Some days there won't be a song in your heart. Sing anyway.

~ Emory Austin

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At this time of year I am reminded that there really are no Thanksgiving Carols. This could be because of a lot of reasons:

* not everyone is thankful for Thanksgiving

* it really is just a holiday about eating and watching TV

* people are usually 3-4 holidays ahead, so there are songs for other holidays out there

etc. etc. etc.

I also think that it's because turkey isn't a good rhyming word. You have to kind of make up adjectives to rhyme with it -- smirky, worky, quirky (less made up, still adjective-y).

I think that if the holiday was about eating duck, there might be more songs. But they might not be songs we would want to sing around children.

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Thanksgiving Carol

It is fall

Watch football

And eat it all

The stuffing the turkey the yams

We give thanks

And close our banks

But don't eat franks

Instead - green beans, potatoes and ham

And when it gets late

We fix a plate

Because it tastes great

So in some more food we will cram

(sung to the tune of either "Dueling Banjos" or "Thus Spake Zarathustra")