Thankful Thanksgiving Gratitude Bonus Episode

It’s Thanksgiving!! Join us as we talk about this favorite holiday!!

**Sarah’s Cranberry Mandarin Sauce**

2 bags fresh cranberries, rinsed and picked over

5-7 seedless mandarins (based on size)

1/2 t Saigon Cinnamon

sugar to taste ( start with 2TBSP and go up to 1/3 c.)

pinch of sea salt

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1. Peel mandarins and add to food processor with cranberries
2. Process to desired consistency
3. Add cranberry-mandarin mixture, cinnamon and salt to medium saucepan and bring to a simmer over medium-low heat
4. Cook until dark red and bubbly. Add sugar to taste.
5. Cool and serve with your meal!

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Optional:

- Use Monkfruit, stevia or other sweeteners in place of cane sugar.
- Reserve 1/2 bag of whole cranberries to add into the saucepan in step 3 for a whole cranberry sauce.
- Adjust the amount of oranges to taste.  If you desire just plain cranberry, you could sweeten with apple juice or just add more sugar.
- Pro tip - Mix leftover cranberry sauce with a bit of Dijon mustard for a delicious spread for leftover turkey sandwiches!


Other resources :
Early Thanksgiving proclamation at Winterthur Library

A. Lincoln’s 1863 Presidential Proclamation 
 
President Abraham Lincoln's Thanksgiving Day Proclamation of October 3, 1863

By the President of the United States of America  A Proclamation.  The year that is drawing towards its close, has been filled with the blessings of fruitful fields and healthful skies. To these bounties, which are so constantly enjoyed that we are prone to forget the source from which they come, others have been added, which are of so extraordinary a nature, that they cannot fail to penetrate and soften even the heart which is habitually insensible to the ever watchful providence of Almighty God. In the midst of a civil war of unequalled magnitude and severity, which has sometimes seemed to foreign States to invite and to provide aggressions, peace has been preserved with all nations, order has been maintained, the laws have been respected and obeyed, and harmony has prevailed everywhere except in the theatre of military conflict; while that theatre has been greatly contracted by the advancing armies and navies of the Union. Needful diversions of wealth and of strength from the fields of peaceful industry to the national defence, have not arrested the plough, the shuttle or the ship; the axe has enlarged the borders of our settlements, and the mines, as well of iron and coal as of the precious metals, have yielded even more abundantly than heretofore. Population has steadily increased, notwithstanding the waste that has been made in the camp, the siege and the battle-field; and the country, rejoicing in the consciousness of augmented strength and vigor, is permitted to expect continuance of years with large increase of freedom. No human counsel hath devised nor hath any mortal hand worked out these great things. They are the gracious gifts of the Most High God, who, while dealing with us in anger for our sins, hath nevertheless remembered mercy. It has seemed to me fit and proper that they should be solemnly, reverently and gratefully acknowledged as with one heart and one voice by the whole American People. I do therefore invite my fellow citizens in every part of the United States, and also those who are at sea and those who are sojourning in foreign lands,

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0.760000 3.120000 Is God trustworthy?
3.120000 5.380000 Hi, I'm Sarah.
5.380000 7.200000 And I'm Mary Beth.
7.200000 9.600000 Join us as we seek to answer this question
9.600000 12.480000 through whole-hearted conversation.
12.480000 15.000000 Discover the wit and wisdom that comes
15.000000 18.600000 for being anchored in Christ and connected to one another.
18.600000 20.840000 This is trustworthy.
20.840000 23.420000 (gentle music)
23.420000 26.080000 (gentle music)
26.080000 37.580000 - Happy Thanksgiving, Mary Beth.
37.580000 40.140000 - Happy turkey day, gobble gobble.
40.140000 45.460000 - I am very thankful to say, "Hello there, Mary Beth."
45.460000 48.300000 - Happy Thanksgiving, Sarah.
48.300000 51.420000 - And happy Thanksgiving to you and yours.
52.460000 54.180000 - I just thought of something else
54.180000 55.540000 we could talk about on this episode
55.540000 57.260000 that we did not discuss at a time.
57.260000 61.540000 - Okay. - The pronunciation of the word Thanksgiving.
61.540000 64.700000 'Cause some people say Thanksgiving,
64.700000 68.020000 I emphasize the things, how do you say it?
68.020000 71.860000 - It depends, am I celebrating Thanksgiving
71.860000 73.860000 with my family in the south?
73.860000 76.500000 Or am I celebrating Thanksgiving
76.500000 78.100000 with my family in the north?
78.100000 81.700000 Thanksgiving, I don't think I've ever said it,
81.700000 83.420000 thanksgiving.
83.420000 85.220000 - Probably not, 'cause you're from the south.
85.220000 86.660000 It's Thanksgiving.
86.660000 88.060000 - It's a cultural norm.
88.060000 91.780000 As I was discussing with my boys yesterday,
91.780000 93.580000 they give me a hard time because they know
93.580000 96.460000 I don't like the pronunciation of water
96.460000 98.620000 that people say in these parts.
98.620000 99.780000 So I always correct my boys.
99.780000 101.860000 I might know it's water, water.
101.860000 103.220000 And so they say it just to bother me.
103.220000 104.940000 - Mom, can I have some water?
104.940000 106.980000 - Some water, water rice.
106.980000 109.300000 Philadelphia, water rice.
109.300000 112.100000 - Gee, yet, wanna hoagy?
112.100000 114.860000 - What are you talking about?
114.860000 117.180000 - For those that don't live near us,
117.180000 119.260000 we live near Philadelphia,
119.260000 122.620000 and there are lots of regional accents and phrases
122.620000 125.940000 and things around our area.
125.940000 128.980000 - But we're not here to discuss subs versus hoagies,
128.980000 129.940000 versus grinders.
129.940000 133.700000 We're here to discuss Thanksgiving.
133.700000 135.540000 I like to have turkey on Thanksgiving.
135.540000 138.500000 I feel like it's one of the only times in the year
138.500000 139.820000 I actually do have turkey.
139.820000 141.260000 - Mm-hmm.
141.260000 143.020000 - I don't know if that's true for most Americans,
143.020000 147.140000 but I might cook a turkey or just a turkey breast,
147.140000 149.420000 like one other time during the year.
149.420000 152.260000 But really, I only, I mean, I eat like deli turkey.
152.260000 155.740000 - Sometimes we do turkey for Christmas as well.
155.740000 157.060000 It depends.
157.060000 159.940000 The best version of turkey you've ever had, Sarah.
159.940000 160.780000 What was it?
160.780000 161.860000 How was it prepared?
163.300000 168.860000 - There was a smoked turkey breast
168.860000 171.940000 that I purchased through Whole Foods.
171.940000 173.260000 - Mmm, fancy.
173.260000 175.140000 - I think it was the COVID Thanksgiving,
175.140000 179.100000 and it ordered the Thanksgiving dinner from Whole Foods,
179.100000 181.620000 and it was delicious.
181.620000 184.860000 I wish I could remember where it came from.
184.860000 188.140000 It was some small farm somewhere in the United States
188.140000 191.700000 that smokes these turkey breasts just for Thanksgiving,
191.700000 193.740000 but it was absolutely delicious.
193.740000 194.740000 Little salty.
194.740000 196.540000 - Yeah, I feel like a little salty.
196.540000 197.820000 - Oh yeah, me too.
197.820000 199.820000 One of the things I find interesting
199.820000 203.540000 is that my Thanksgiving menu has developed over the years.
203.540000 207.580000 So when I make Thanksgiving dinner, it has to include
207.580000 210.940000 some things from my Pennsylvania Dutch heritage.
210.940000 214.740000 It also has to include some Southern staples
214.740000 216.940000 from my husband's heritage.
216.940000 221.420000 So we have collard greens and buttered noodles.
221.420000 222.260000 That's funny.
222.260000 223.180000 - Yeah.
223.180000 224.700000 - And several other things.
224.700000 226.620000 Do you cook collard greens?
226.620000 228.420000 - I used to cook collard greens.
228.420000 231.820000 This is product placement that we are not being compensated
231.820000 235.300000 for to shout out to Old Glory and collard greens
235.300000 236.140000 in the can.
236.140000 237.140000 - They're really good.
237.140000 237.980000 - Nice.
237.980000 241.020000 - I am a bad Southerner because, I don't like collards.
241.020000 243.300000 - Oh, I mean, if you put enough bacon grease in it,
243.300000 246.100000 it's fine, but that's not my favorite.
246.100000 248.140000 I like them to accompany something.
248.140000 248.980000 - That's fair.
248.980000 250.780000 - Eat a bite of collard greens,
250.780000 254.180000 along with some turkey and some cranberry sauce.
254.180000 256.460000 Speaking of which, I have a recipe
256.460000 258.660000 for my cranberry mandarin sauce
258.660000 261.540000 that I will make sure gets to Instagram.
261.540000 263.060000 - So let's show notes.
263.060000 264.060000 - Yep, we'll put it in the show notes.
264.060000 265.660000 - Yeah, super easy, super easy.
265.660000 268.140000 And it's one of those things that you can be like,
268.140000 270.620000 oh yeah, this is homemade, everybody's eyes impressed
270.620000 272.420000 and come off looking like a hero.
272.420000 273.260000 - Nice.
273.260000 275.020000 - Which is always good when you're talking
275.020000 276.820000 about putting on a ridiculous meal
276.820000 278.260000 that only comes once a year.
278.260000 279.100000 - That's right.
279.100000 281.820000 Speaking of turkey, oh, that's hard, man.
281.820000 284.820000 I always, somehow I always overcook it.
284.820000 285.660000 - Oh, really?
285.660000 287.140000 I feel like they always take less time
287.140000 288.860000 than most recipes say.
288.860000 289.700000 - Yeah.
289.700000 291.300000 - I started cooking one a few years ago
291.300000 295.500000 and I just found an Ina Garten recipe,
295.500000 298.380000 which is a dry brine that you do a couple days ahead.
298.380000 301.500000 - And it was great and I have not tried another recipe
301.500000 304.220000 since 'cause if it ain't broke, don't fix it.
304.220000 306.380000 - So, question for you.
306.380000 307.860000 Is the turkey dry brining right now?
307.860000 308.700000 - It sure is.
308.700000 311.140000 - All right, well, I'm super excited
311.140000 313.140000 because I'm gonna get to taste it.
313.140000 313.980000 - Yes.
313.980000 317.180000 Okay, so back to the matter at hand.
317.180000 320.260000 Discussing strange and wonderful things
320.260000 322.860000 about this holiday that we'd love to celebrate.
322.860000 325.220000 First of all, what are some of your favorite traditions
325.220000 326.340000 surrounding Thanksgiving?
326.340000 328.060000 Where's some things that you love?
328.060000 330.860000 - I mean, I do love food, so that's a big one.
330.860000 334.780000 I also love in the meta perspective
334.780000 336.980000 that we take a day and set aside
336.980000 339.740000 to just be thankful and recognize
339.740000 342.260000 especially in our country, all that we have
342.260000 344.180000 that we can take for granted.
344.180000 347.220000 And I mean, growing up, my tradition was going to my,
347.220000 349.420000 my grandmother's, or one of my aunts and uncles houses
349.420000 351.340000 with all my cousins and big extended family,
351.340000 353.100000 so when I think of Thanksgiving,
353.100000 355.700000 I think of those old family times
355.700000 357.020000 who're just hanging out with my cousins
357.020000 359.860000 and eating a bunch of food, yeah.
359.860000 364.860000 For me, Thanksgiving is a holiday that I really enjoy
366.700000 371.140000 because it's much more relaxing than Christmas.
371.140000 372.420000 There's a lot to do,
372.420000 375.860000 but it's not quite the frenetic pace of all the gifts.
375.860000 380.860000 It's about family and I really look forward to it.
380.860000 384.300000 We have a tradition of getting together
384.300000 387.300000 and extended family and it's very nice.
387.300000 388.940000 Yeah, I really like it.
388.940000 391.660000 One of the things that I do enjoy is
391.660000 395.100000 watching the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade.
395.100000 397.060000 Oh yeah, we always have that on.
397.060000 398.060000 Yes.
398.060000 401.500000 And it's been funny as the boys have gotten a little older
401.500000 403.140000 what they care about and what they don't care about
403.140000 404.340000 in the parade.
404.340000 407.580000 It's newbie used to be the main attraction,
407.580000 410.260000 but now it's whatever character they're currently in too.
410.260000 411.980000 Is that going to be in the parade?
411.980000 413.260000 I think it's fun, yeah.
413.260000 414.620000 And I love the movie too.
414.620000 416.540000 Wait, which movie?
416.540000 418.540000 Miracle on 34th Street.
418.540000 419.900000 Oh, see, I think that is like a Christmas,
419.900000 421.060000 is that about the parade?
421.060000 421.900000 Yeah.
421.900000 423.780000 See, I've only seen that like a couple times.
423.780000 425.220000 That's a great movie.
425.220000 429.260000 We love movies, speaking of movies and songs
429.260000 430.180000 and all that sort of thing.
430.180000 433.580000 I love no place like home for the holidays.
433.580000 436.460000 Is that a Perry coma?
436.460000 437.380000 Yeah.
437.380000 441.020000 And it has gotten to me more to me over the years.
441.020000 443.300000 Now that I have a husband and family
443.300000 446.700000 from the south, my husband's currently in the North, yes.
446.700000 451.020000 Anyway, but the line about met a man from Tennessee,
451.020000 455.460000 he was heading for Pennsylvania and some homemade pumpkin pie.
455.460000 458.580000 And from Pennsylvania, folks are headed down to Dixie's
458.580000 459.620000 Sunny Shore.
459.620000 460.460000 That's right.
460.460000 463.660000 And the traffic is terrific from Atlantic to Pacific.
463.660000 465.500000 Anyway, love that song.
465.500000 467.380000 And you've got one that you love.
467.380000 469.820000 Yeah, so I'm a Bing Crosby fan.
469.820000 473.780000 And my favorite one of his is I've got plenty to be thankful for.
473.780000 476.620000 It's from a movie he did called Holiday Inn.
476.620000 478.820000 And it pops into my head.
478.820000 480.380000 Everything's giving season.
480.380000 481.380000 It's wonderful.
481.380000 482.380000 I need to be thankful for.
482.380000 488.180000 And then most recently, I think this came out in 2020.
488.180000 491.420000 There's a singer, songwriter, I like named Ben Rector.
491.420000 494.660000 And he wrote, it's just called the Thanksgiving song.
494.660000 495.660000 And it's great.
495.660000 496.980000 Everybody should go look it up.
496.980000 497.980000 That's awesome.
497.980000 499.300000 It's a modern classic, I'll say.
499.300000 500.300000 That's awesome.
500.300000 503.100000 Not to be confused with Turkey for me, Turkey for you.
503.100000 504.100000 That's right.
504.100000 507.100000 You know, Willie, Turkey in a big brown shoe.
507.100000 508.100000 Love Adam Sandler.
508.100000 509.100000 Yep.
509.100000 515.660000 I'm really just a little bit, yeah, we'll just segue away from that into speaking of
515.660000 517.740000 plenty to be thankful for.
517.740000 524.540000 We did a poll of some of our friends to find out things that they are thankful for.
524.540000 525.540000 To credit Sarah.
525.540000 526.540000 Sarah did it.
526.540000 527.540000 I was slacking on this one.
527.540000 530.700000 But Sarah was bold enough to do a poll and more irresponsible enough.
530.700000 535.340000 And I want to give a shout out to my friends giving friends.
535.340000 540.300000 We're recording this actually coming up to friends giving, which is before Thanksgiving.
540.300000 542.060000 But I have a friends giving group.
542.060000 544.500000 This will be our eighth year of getting together.
544.500000 549.740000 That was a tradition that I picked up from a friend who was in her 28th or 30th year of
549.740000 551.540000 having friends giving with her friends.
551.540000 552.540000 Yeah.
552.540000 555.020000 I believe that friends are the family that we choose.
555.020000 559.700000 In advance of that, I reached out to this group of people and got some amazing responses.
559.700000 564.820000 First of all, we pulled the kids Andrew, who was thankful for sharing cars with friends.
564.820000 567.900000 He really into matchbox cars right now.
567.900000 568.900000 He's held.
568.900000 569.900000 He's three.
569.900000 570.900000 Nice.
570.900000 572.980000 And we had the fact that he wants to share is a good sign.
572.980000 573.980000 Well, exactly.
573.980000 581.020000 And the question remains, is it friends sharing with him or is it him sharing with friends?
581.020000 585.660000 We also have Desiree, who was thankful that we all pray together at Thanksgiving.
585.660000 586.820000 Love that one.
586.820000 590.900000 And her sister, Naveah, and thankful for Jesus coming back soon.
590.900000 591.900000 Amen.
591.900000 592.900000 Amen to that.
592.900000 594.780000 We have little Ellie.
594.780000 597.780000 She is thankful for her pets.
597.780000 599.060000 And we have Karis.
599.060000 601.980000 She's thankful for God, family, pets, and friends.
601.980000 604.580000 I think that's a good words.
604.580000 610.060000 And as far as the parents go, we have Melanie who's thankful for glimpses of God's glory
610.060000 612.100000 and knowing that he's in control.
612.100000 619.020000 She's just thankful for her family and her kiddos, her puppies, Andrea, who is thankful
619.020000 622.860000 for seeing glimpses of heaven on earth and seeing God at work.
622.860000 627.820000 And the lives of her kids and families and then also thankful that the word of God stands
627.820000 628.820000 forever.
628.820000 635.100000 So newsflash, this group of friends is a strong Christian women and offer me a lot of
635.100000 636.100000 support.
636.100000 641.420000 Sean is thankful that in a fallen world that has never been so evident in her life until
641.420000 645.660000 now that our eternal hope is secure in Jesus Christ.
645.660000 647.540000 Our Lord and Savior is on the throne.
647.540000 648.540000 And she adds.
648.540000 654.100000 Maranatha, Reba, who has just welcomed a new baby girl.
654.100000 657.500000 And she's just has deliberately set aside time to spend with this new baby.
657.500000 662.660000 And it's just so grateful for how our older kids are just bonding with this new baby.
662.660000 665.900000 That is a report from the friends giving crew.
665.900000 668.020000 And I hope I covered all their responses.
668.020000 669.820000 A great group to be a part of.
669.820000 670.820000 Yeah.
670.820000 671.820000 Super positive.
671.820000 676.100000 Well, and it's a reminder that we need to hear that from other people because that
676.100000 679.700000 covers kind of a wide array of all the things that we can't be thankful for.
679.700000 685.860000 And it's good to hear that from each other to remind each other of all the good gifts.
685.860000 692.140000 One of the things that comes to my mind is I'm reading over this list of gratitude from
692.140000 700.180000 this group of friends is on the other hand, the struggles the our group has been through
700.180000 707.380000 in these last years. And it's amazing that we can still be thankful.
707.380000 714.500000 Shout out to my dad who was really good about is still really good about teaching us to have
714.500000 720.260000 an attitude of gratitude so he always kind of reminds us of.
720.260000 726.100000 And especially when like you're saying, you know, we're all going to go through stuff.
726.100000 729.780000 And it doesn't mean that it's a it's a band-aid that makes it better.
729.780000 734.460000 It really can transform your outlook on things.
734.460000 735.460000 It does.
735.460000 742.420000 First, thessalonians 5, 16 and 18 rejoice, always pray continually, give thanks in all circumstances.
742.420000 747.260000 For this is God's will for you in Christ Jesus.
747.260000 748.580000 It's amazing.
748.580000 753.660000 Research, scientific and psychological research has shown that by being grateful, focusing
753.660000 757.900000 on the positives, we can be happier and have a better experience.
757.900000 760.420000 Oh, and by the way, God told us to do it.
760.420000 764.140000 Funny how that matches up when science matches up with what God teaches us.
764.140000 765.940000 It's almost like it's how it's supposed to be.
765.940000 768.140000 Yeah, you would think, right?
768.140000 776.060000 I often also rely on this verse, Philippians 4.6, do not be anxious about anything, but
776.060000 781.740000 in everything, by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving, let your requests be made
781.740000 783.460000 known to God.
783.460000 787.220000 God wants us to present our requests to Him, but it's also that reminder that if we're
787.220000 791.660000 doing it with thanksgiving, He's going to be changing our hearts and our desires and probably
791.660000 796.660000 some of those requests, because I know when I'm in a bad headspace or I'm a negative attitude
796.660000 800.860000 about something, if I am praying about it, I'm usually praying for just something that
800.860000 802.020000 works to my own benefit.
802.020000 803.020000 Yes.
803.020000 804.020000 That I want to control.
804.020000 807.380000 But if I'm coming at it, how can I be thankful in this situation?
807.380000 808.580000 What do I have to be thankful for?
808.580000 811.980000 It oftentimes changes my own heart and perspective about it.
811.980000 812.980000 Yes.
812.980000 821.140000 Well, other things about thanksgiving, Sarah, it is kind of a particularly American holiday.
821.140000 824.900000 I think you found some interesting historical references.
824.900000 825.900000 Yes, I did.
825.900000 828.060000 Two thanksgiving.
828.060000 835.780000 It is a distinctly American holiday, although it took quite a while for the fourth Thursday
835.780000 839.500000 of November to be officially declared thanksgiving.
839.500000 846.700000 There were many instances that presidents or governors enacted a day of thanksgiving.
846.700000 851.340000 What we think of as the first thanksgiving was actually a harvest celebration with the
851.340000 855.420000 Wampanoag, peoples, and the pilgrims.
855.420000 862.660000 It has certainly been made much of in the ensuing years, but it was very simple in its nature.
862.660000 867.020000 And more of a solemn time for reflection.
867.020000 874.780000 The earliest reference that I found, which is courtesy of the Winter Tor digital library,
874.780000 882.580000 was a proclamation for a public thanksgiving that was issued on the 20th day of October 1740
882.580000 888.820000 by Jonathan Belcher, who was the captain, general, and governor in chief in and over his
888.820000 893.620000 majesty's province of the Massachusetts Bay in New England.
893.620000 895.300000 And we'll have this posted up.
895.300000 898.760000 It's hard to read because it's written in Old English.
898.760000 904.540000 It having pleased Almighty God amidst the various instances of his righteous displeasure against
904.540000 910.620000 us for our sins, that's in parentheses, to grant us within the course of the year past
910.620000 917.140000 many great and undeserved favors, both of a public and private nature, which require
917.140000 922.020000 our humble and thankful acknowledgments.
922.020000 927.340000 He goes on to say that he will declare Thursday the 13th day of November next to be observed
927.340000 930.740000 as a day of public thanksgiving throughout the province.
930.740000 936.540000 With numerous other mercies which lay us under indispensable obligations to gratitude and
936.540000 945.580000 obedience and to fear the Lord and His goodness, and to walk worthy of Him, to all well pleasing.
945.580000 949.140000 And all survival labor is forbidden on the said day.
949.140000 954.460000 And then at the very bottom, God saved the King.
954.460000 962.380000 Even pre-America America, just in the colonies, there were days of thanksgiving set aside.
962.380000 967.860000 And I think one of the most poignant proclamations of thanksgiving was from President Abraham
967.860000 974.700000 Lincoln issued on October 3rd, 1863 to 100 years after more than 100 years after the one
974.700000 982.580000 I just read yet, this would be after the Northern victory at Gettysburg.
982.580000 988.060000 Lincoln was not afraid to acknowledge what was going on.
988.060000 994.940000 The terrible situation that we found ourselves in, but also encouraged everyone to celebrate
994.940000 998.020000 blessings that we had received in the last year.
998.020000 1005.100000 Which again, I think is that awareness that life has both grief and joy, which we've talked
1005.100000 1007.100000 about recently.
1007.100000 1009.340000 This is what he says.
1009.340000 1013.380000 The year that is drawing towards its close has been filled with the blessings of fruitful
1013.380000 1015.540000 fields and helpful skies.
1015.540000 1020.340000 To these bounties, which are so constantly enjoyed that we are prone to forget the source
1020.340000 1023.980000 from which they come, others have been added.
1023.980000 1029.660000 Which are of so extraordinary a nature that they cannot fail to penetrate and soften, even
1029.660000 1037.020000 the heart which is habitually insensible to the ever watchful providence of Almighty God.
1037.020000 1042.500000 In the midst of a civil war of unequaled magnitude and severity.
1042.500000 1047.020000 Which is sometimes seem to foreign states to invite and to provide aggressions.
1047.020000 1051.140000 Peace has been preserved with all nations, order has been maintained.
1051.140000 1055.900000 The laws have been respected and obeyed, and harmony has prevailed everywhere except in
1055.900000 1059.100000 the theater of military conflict.
1059.100000 1067.020000 And he invited all citizens in every part of the United States to observe the last Thursday
1067.020000 1072.940000 of November as a day of thanksgiving and praise to our beneficent father who dwells in the
1072.940000 1073.940000 heavens.
1073.940000 1076.765850 This is supposed to be the fun fact section.
1076.765850 1077.611020 Oh yeah
1077.611020 1079.774331 Moving on to fun facts, Mary Beth.
1079.774331 1080.774331 Yes.
1080.774331 1087.574331 Did you know that turkeys have waddles, snoods and beards?
1087.574331 1089.734331 Waddles, snoods and beards.
1089.734331 1091.054331 Yes.
1091.054331 1096.774331 That sounds like a slugs and bugsong or a name of a British pub.
1096.774331 1098.694331 It does sound like the name of a British pub.
1098.694331 1104.974331 According to the Audubon organization, which knows a lot about birds, the snood, which is
1104.974331 1110.374331 the piece of flesh that dangles from the beak and the waddles, the thing underneath their neck.
1110.374331 1112.294331 Turkeys also have beards.
1112.294331 1116.294331 These, the bundle of feathers sprouting from their chest is known as a turkey beard and it
1116.294331 1118.494331 gets longer as the turkey ages.
1118.494331 1120.054331 So it's not on their face.
1120.054331 1121.054331 No.
1121.054331 1122.054331 No, wait a second.
1122.054331 1125.014331 I've never seen a turkey picture that has like hair on his face.
1125.014331 1126.014331 No.
1126.014331 1127.014331 It comes from its chest.
1127.014331 1128.014331 Yeah.
1128.014331 1131.094331 I'm still confused on the difference between a waddle and a snood.
1131.094331 1137.294331 The snood is the piece of flesh that comes off the nose, off the beak, off the nose, and
1137.294331 1140.854331 the waddle is the thing underneath the neck.
1140.854331 1143.734331 I mean, listen, I didn't even know.
1143.734331 1145.734331 I thought the beard was the fleshy thing.
1145.734331 1146.734331 Yeah.
1146.734331 1147.734331 Yeah.
1147.734331 1148.734331 Okay.
1148.734331 1149.734331 Snood.
1149.734331 1153.494331 Well, did you know that turkeys can see in color?
1153.494331 1154.494331 No.
1154.494331 1155.734331 Can most birds see in color?
1155.734331 1157.614331 I don't know.
1157.614331 1160.334331 But I know deer can't see in color, which is why...
1160.334331 1163.854331 I have an ornithologist friend who, if he ever hears this, is going to be like, really just
1163.854331 1164.854331 stop talking very well.
1164.854331 1165.854331 You don't know anything about birds.
1165.854331 1166.854331 You don't know anything about birds.
1166.854331 1170.534331 That's so funny.
1170.534331 1171.814331 What else can turkeys do?
1171.814331 1172.814331 Can they, they can fly?
1172.814331 1173.814331 Yes.
1173.814331 1174.814331 Turkey can fly.
1174.814331 1176.654331 They actually really fast flyers.
1176.654331 1182.054331 Apparently they are capable of hitting up to 60 miles an hour.
1182.054331 1184.174331 That's pretty fast.
1184.174331 1187.874331 They do have excellent eyesight in addition to seeing in color.
1187.874331 1188.874331 Who knew?
1188.874331 1192.334331 The humble turkey was pretty skilled and gifted.
1192.334331 1200.134331 And native turkeys in North America were overhunted and the population plummeted in the
1200.134331 1201.134331 1800s.
1201.134331 1204.414331 There wasn't many, but they have made a comeback.
1204.414331 1208.054331 And there's been a lot of conservation efforts.
1208.054331 1210.054331 Now they've taken over the Northeast.
1210.054331 1216.114331 I saw a post the other day on social media and one of our community pages that people
1216.114331 1220.774331 said, "Oh, somebody's turkey has gotten loose on such and such road."
1220.774331 1223.694331 And people just responded, "No, there's just wild turkeys around here."
1223.694331 1224.694331 That's funny.
1224.694331 1227.214331 I had a wild turkey chase my car.
1227.214331 1232.374331 We had some in the woods here and the other year I was on the road and I had to stop because
1232.374331 1234.214331 there were like two or three turkeys in the road.
1234.214331 1235.214331 And they wouldn't move.
1235.214331 1236.214331 And they're huge.
1236.214331 1237.214331 Yeah, they are pretty good.
1237.214331 1238.214331 They're ginormous.
1238.214331 1239.214331 They're not small.
1239.214331 1244.654331 But I was trying to creep forward and then suddenly this turkey started like running along
1244.654331 1248.454331 beside me in the road and looking like it was going to pick at my tire.
1248.454331 1249.454331 I was like, "What is going on?"
1249.454331 1251.694331 It was all impressive and weird.
1251.694331 1253.974331 Yeah, I don't want to encounter a wild one.
1253.974331 1254.974331 No, not at all.
1254.974331 1255.974331 Anyway.
1255.974331 1256.974331 Okay.
1256.974331 1259.294331 I just encounter dead ones mainly on my plate.
1259.294331 1260.294331 On your plate.
1260.294331 1261.294331 No.
1261.294331 1262.294331 To put it into the list.
1262.294331 1268.854331 And one other thing that we have to discuss here is the presidential pardon.
1268.854331 1269.854331 How did that start?
1269.854331 1271.574331 Do you have information on when that started?
1271.574331 1274.734331 So I do have a little information on that because I think it's such a funny tradition.
1274.734331 1278.134331 Actually, going back to Abraham Lincoln, there is a story.
1278.134331 1281.454331 His son ended up liking a turkey.
1281.454331 1286.534331 So back when Abraham Lincoln was in office, I mean, there would be animals living on
1286.534331 1287.534331 the property.
1287.534331 1288.934331 Like that's just how things were back then.
1288.934331 1296.414331 He didn't have frozen food sections at the local supermarket that Mrs. Lincoln could
1296.414331 1297.414331 go and pick up.
1297.414331 1300.734331 I think the only living animals now are pets.
1300.734331 1305.614331 Long story short, his son took a liking to a turkey, so they gave it a pardon.
1305.614331 1311.174331 And Harry Truman was apparently the first one to appear in a photo app with a turkey.
1311.174331 1313.054331 But that one got eaten, I believe.
1313.054331 1314.054331 Oh, no.
1314.054331 1315.054331 Yeah.
1315.054331 1318.094331 So the first official presidential turkey pardon was George H. W. Bush.
1318.094331 1319.094331 Oh, that wasn't that long ago.
1319.094331 1320.094331 No, not that long ago.
1320.094331 1321.094331 In 1989.
1321.094331 1324.574331 And since then, it's become a tradition.
1324.574331 1326.854331 What happens to the pardon turkey?
1326.854331 1331.534331 There's an article here that talks about how the first official turkey that was granted
1331.534331 1338.494331 a peasant unto pardon, funnily enough, the turkey got sent to the frying pan park.
1338.494331 1339.494331 Oh, no.
1339.494331 1345.654331 In Virginia, which gives new meaning to the phrase out of the frying pan and into the fire
1345.654331 1351.154331 or out of the oven and into the fire, you never heard about that out of the frying pan
1351.154331 1352.154331 into the fire.
1352.154331 1353.154331 So what's a mean?
1353.154331 1356.374331 It means when things are tough, things are getting kind of hot.
1356.374331 1359.534331 You're in the frying pan and you're like, oh, I got to get out of the situation and you
1359.534331 1360.814331 jump out of the frying pan.
1360.814331 1364.694331 But then you end up in the fire, which is worse, I've never heard of that.
1364.694331 1365.694331 It's a good idiom.
1365.694331 1366.694331 It is a good idiom.
1366.694331 1369.694331 My second grade is very into idioms.
1369.694331 1371.134331 I like idioms.
1371.134331 1377.654331 It is really hilarious to think about the fact that the president of the United States partens
1377.654331 1381.854331 a bird from being killed and eaten by the American people.
1381.854331 1383.854331 It's very bizarre if you really think about it.
1383.854331 1385.834331 We do love our quirks.
1385.834331 1394.154331 So listeners, we hope that you have a fantastic Thanksgiving, whatever that looks like for you.
1394.154331 1397.314331 We hope you're celebrating with other people.
1397.314331 1399.914331 Find some people if you don't have any.
1399.914331 1403.714331 That's the other thing about Thanksgiving that I remember is when I wasn't with family
1403.714331 1407.874331 or and I couldn't travel down to Georgia for whatever reason, it was the friends that
1407.874331 1410.954331 included me and welcomed me ever made a big difference.
1410.954331 1411.954331 Yeah.
1411.954331 1414.074331 And if you got an extra seat at your table, invite somebody.
1414.074331 1415.074331 Yep.
1415.074331 1416.674331 It's a good time for that.
1416.674331 1424.174331 One final word from Paul, Colossians 3, 15 to 17, "Let the peace of Christ rule in your
1424.174331 1430.034331 hearts, since as members of one body you were called to peace and be thankful.
1430.034331 1436.314331 Let the message of Christ dwell among you richly, as you teach and admonish one another with
1436.314331 1442.434331 all wisdom through Psalms, hymns and songs from the Spirit, singing to God with gratitude
1442.434331 1443.994331 in your hearts.
1443.994331 1450.354331 And whatever you do, whether in word or deed, do it all in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving
1450.354331 1453.514331 thanks to God the Father through him.
1453.514331 1454.914331 Happy Thanksgiving."
1454.914331 1469.154331 Hey y'all, Mary Beth here.
1469.154331 1472.954331 Sarah and I are so glad that you chose to listen to our podcast.
1472.954331 1478.034331 And while we think that we're awesome friends to have, we just wanted to clarify that we are
1478.034331 1482.034331 not mental health professionals and want you to know that this podcast should not take
1482.034331 1485.434331 the place of any paid professional advice.
1485.434331 1487.434331 Mary Beth.
1487.434331 1488.434331 Yes.
1488.434331 1489.434331 Okay.
1489.434331 1495.034331 On the count of three, name one thing that you're thankful for and I will also say one thing
1495.034331 1504.474331 that I'm thankful for, okay, one, two, three coffee insurance.
1504.474331 1505.474331 Let's do it again.
1505.474331 1506.474331 Let's do it again.
1506.474331 1507.474331 Okay.
1507.474331 1508.474331 Okay.
1508.474331 1509.474331 Okay.
1509.474331 1510.474331 Okay.
1510.474331 1511.474331 I'll count down this time.
1511.474331 1512.474331 One, two, three.
1512.474331 1513.474331 It's family.
1513.474331 1523.074331 Oh, those almost sounded the same coming up.
1523.074331 1524.074331 Scramble eggs and family.
1524.074331 1525.074331 Okay.
1525.074331 1526.074331 One more?
1526.074331 1527.074331 Yeah.
1527.074331 1528.074331 One more.
1528.074331 1529.074331 One, two, three.
1529.074331 1530.074331 Has America.
1530.074331 1531.074331 Oh.
1531.074331 1532.074331 Oh.
1532.074331 1538.554331 For all these things, may the Lord make us truly grateful.
1538.554331 1542.114331 That was always my grandfather's prayer.
1542.114331 1543.354331 Amen.