{"id":167,"date":"2004-11-30T16:03:26","date_gmt":"2004-11-30T16:03:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thewanderers.net\/w\/?p=167"},"modified":"2013-08-30T10:18:39","modified_gmt":"2013-08-30T10:18:39","slug":"november-25-thanksgiving","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thewanderers.net\/w\/?p=167","title":{"rendered":"November 25 Thanksgiving"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>For reasons unknown, I decided to do a Thanksgiving dinner this year. I haven&#8217;t bothered with it for a number of years, largely because I can&#8217;t get some of what are, for me, essential items (especially winter squash). But there are some squash common here, although not my favorite. So we had a lovely meal which I served on the patio.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_466\" style=\"width: 610px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/thewanderers.net\/w\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/thanksgiving.jpg\" rel=\"lightbox[167]\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-466\" class=\"size-large wp-image-466\" title=\"Thanksgiving in South Africa\" alt=\"Thanksgiving\" src=\"http:\/\/thewanderers.net\/w\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/thanksgiving-600x399.jpg\" width=\"600\" height=\"399\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thewanderers.net\/w\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/thanksgiving-600x399.jpg 600w, https:\/\/thewanderers.net\/w\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/thanksgiving-150x99.jpg 150w, https:\/\/thewanderers.net\/w\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/thanksgiving-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/thewanderers.net\/w\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/thanksgiving-619x412.jpg 619w, https:\/\/thewanderers.net\/w\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/thanksgiving.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-466\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Thanksgiving<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Seriously, the &#8216;season&#8217; of the year is confusing. Christmas decorations look blizzards in hot weather! They are, except for religious ones, symbols of winter solstice. But its coming on summer here! It is amusing that the old pagan seasonal observations, adapted to Christianity, fail so miserably south of the equator.<\/p>\n<div style=\"padding-bottom:10px; padding-top:5px;\" class=\"hupso-share-buttons\"><!-- Hupso Share Buttons - https:\/\/www.hupso.com\/share\/ --><a class=\"hupso_toolbar\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hupso.com\/share\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/static.hupso.com\/share\/buttons\/share-small.png\" style=\"border:0px; padding-top: 5px; float:left;\" alt=\"Share Button\"\/><\/a><script type=\"text\/javascript\">var hupso_services_t=new Array(\"Twitter\",\"Facebook\",\"Google Plus\",\"Pinterest\",\"Linkedin\",\"Tumblr\",\"StumbleUpon\",\"Email\",\"Print\");var hupso_background_t=\"#EAF4FF\";var hupso_border_t=\"#66CCFF\";var hupso_toolbar_size_t=\"small\";var hupso_image_folder_url = \"\";var hupso_url_t=\"\";var hupso_title_t=\"November%2025%20Thanksgiving\";<\/script><script type=\"text\/javascript\" src=\"https:\/\/static.hupso.com\/share\/js\/share_toolbar.js\"><\/script><!-- Hupso Share Buttons --><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>For reasons unknown, I decided to do a Thanksgiving dinner this year. I haven&#8217;t bothered with it for a number of years, largely because I can&#8217;t get some of what are, for me, essential items (especially winter squash). But there are some squash common here, although not my favorite. 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