Let me add one of the true life jokes to the mix.

When I was in law school, some of us, whose lived a good distance from the school, remained in Boston for Thanksgiving. A girl in my class invited about 10 of us over for dinner because she said she had a 22 lb turkey that could feed an army.

We all arrived, as told, between 2:00 and 2:30 PM. When the last guest arrived, the girl said, "Good. Now I'll take the turkey out of the freezer."

We thought she was joking, but when I saw her holding the wrapped Butterball, I couldn't believe it. Then again, I should have known because I had been there 15 minutes and didn't smell the turkey cooking.

We ended up ordering Chinese.