KH, considering that Thanksgiving is a harvest feast of sorts (a bit late for a proper one, though), you could shift it over into May, and have lots of freshly harvested foods for the table.
The turkey's OK, but essential as drippings donor to the dressing and a meaty base note for cranberry sauce. Yummmm. It's a good thing it's only a month away!
I don't know what's going on with all that North - South rivalry. It's an Eastern thing
