The Eclectique Citizen: The President-Elect’s Weekly #3

Saturday, 29 November 2008, 9:57 | Category : Barack Obama, History, Politics, holidays
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President-Elect Barack Obama used the Thanksgiving holiday as the theme for his weekly address. And guess what? He gives a little background history about the origins of the Thanksgiving holiday.

Family Ties, Part 2: Thanksgiving - Celebrate, Castigate, or Just Do It!?

Wednesday, 26 November 2008, 16:05 | Category : Culture, Food, History, Museums, Native American
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Here’s where I stand on Thanksgiving: Thanksgiving is my favorite holiday. It’s the one holiday I can feed my face with the most delicious comfort food, get together with family to share family history, stories, a few laughs, every now and then some drama which over time becomes just another page in the [...]