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THANKSGIVING LEFTOVERS

By
John Crudele
Published Nov. 22, 2007, 10:00 a.m. ET

THERE are a couple of times each year when columnists are obliged to write certain things. Thanksgiving is one of these.

Last year I did the standard T-Day column that eloquently listed all the things for which we should be thankful.

But I don’t want to write that column again and I don’t want to write the flip side either – that this past year hasn’t been a particularly good one for many with the economy slowing, folks getting laid off and a large number of people losing their homes to foreclosure.

One statistic I quoted last year – that 69 percent of Americans own their own homes – is now outdated. People have been losing their homes in large numbers.

Just go to the website http://www.Iamfacingforeclosure.com if you want to cry.

So, today I’m going to tell you some of the things that public-relations people pitched to me as holiday column topics. I’ve rejected all of these, but (I guess) by telling you about them I’m un-rejecting them.

Here goes.

There’s an outfit in Maine that wants you to change your holiday menu from Turkey to lobster.

“Save a turkey, eat a lobster,” says Dan Zaxacki, owner and founder of Lobster Gram. “At my house we made lobster a part of our family Thanksgiving tradition many years ago.”

Well, I bet you did, Dan!

Purdue University wanted me to write about the cost of Thanksgiving dinner, which – it says – isn’t as expensive as you might think. (Unless, of course, you switched to lobster.)

“Food prices in 2007 are up across the board,” says agricultural economist Corinne Alexander. But one thing is holding steady in price – turkey. “Turkeys are a favorite item for grocery stores to offer specials or coupons on to get consumers into the store,” she says.

Yeah, I know. That’s how I got mine.

House & Garden TV thought it would be nice if I wrote about making place cards for the dinner table out of corn husks and pine cones. Or make a white-pumpkin centerpiece.

I’m going to compromise.

This Thanksgiving I’ll give everyone an extra paper napkin and they can shape it into anything they want. It’ll be a regular origami fest.

A Web site called TravelMole.com wanted me to know that airlines will be flying at 90 percent capacity this holiday week. So expect delays.

I ALWAYS expect delays. Why should this holiday be any different?

Lastly, a company called Brilliant Image wants me to give people digital paintings for Thanksgiving. Apparently you take a picture of something and through the magic of computers the company’s MyLife-MyArt service turns it into a work of “art.”

Yeah, right! I’m going to start giv ing presents for Thanksgiving. And when am I going to start shopping for them, on Labor Day?

My advice: Don’t make today any more complicated than it has to be. Enjoy the food you can afford and the friends you have. We’ll worry about the things we have and don’t have tomorrow.

Happy Thanksgiving.