For some people, Thanksgiving is just another occassion for feasting and football. As someone has said, "If God had meant for us to fast on Thanksgiving, he would never have created 30-pound turkeys."

I believe it was Erma Bombeck who said that the most remarkable thing about her mother is that for thirty years she served the family nothing but leftovers. The original meal has never been found. Some of us will feel that way after Thanksgiving.

Robert Orben reports on the practice of raising your own holiday turkey. He says some people are squeamish about this, but not him. "One January we bought a turkey who became like a member of the family," says Orben. "We kept him in the house, fed him, and took him for walks. But when the time came, there was no nonsense about it. We had him for Ch…