THANKSGIVING 2005

Thanksgiving is this coming Thursday, November 24. Of course, the Library will be closed. Most of us will be either hosting friends and family or will be travelling to someone else's home for dinner. Begun as a reminder of the survival of the Pilgrim settlers, in spite of great hardships,in the early 1600's, it has evolved into a holiday for celebrating families.

It is also everyone's favorite food holiday. The Elk Grove Library has had several displays up in Adult and Youth Services containing books about the holiday and about food to make for it. Most of the adult books are circulating, but a lot of the children's books have come back already and are displayed in Youth Services and near the Circulation desk; there are a few movies as well.

Some good recipe sites include:
All Recipes: Thanksgiving
Razzle Dazzle Thanksgiving Recipes
Butterball
Epicurious Thanksgiving
Food Geeks Thanksgiving Recipes
Land o' Lakes
Southern Food at About.Com--also links to other regional Thanksgiving recipes

To keep the kids amused while awaiting dinner, try these sites:
Kids Domain Thanksgiving Fun
Enchanted Learning: Thanksgiving Crafts
DLTK's Thanksgiving Crafts
Ben & Jerry's Thanksgiving Fun
Lil Fingers Thanksgiving
Black Dog's Thanksgiving Celebration
The Holiday Spot Thanksgiving Games--[annoying flashing banners, tho]
The Kidz Page Holidays
A Fun Zone Christmas Games--there are links to Thanksgiving games, too

More general information about Thanksgiving with links to even more sites can be found at:
History Channel's History of Thanksgiving
The Truth about Thanksgiving...

Feel a need to listen to Thanksgiving music? Try these sites:
Kids Connect Thanksgiving Music
101 Kidz Thanksgiving Music

Miscellaneous
Macy's Parade Official Site