How to Have a Stress-Free Thanksgiving

Thanksgiving is just around the corner, and accommodating your guests and keeping yourself cheerful and care-free can be a perplexing issue without proper planning. Here are some tips to keep your loved ones (and, most importantly, yourself) happy this Thanksgiving. Start with a plan. Keeping all your ideas and notes in one place will keep you… More How to Have a Stress-Free Thanksgiving

Halloween-Thanksgiving Mashup with Addams Family Values

While enjoying Halloween entertainment this season, we had the chance to revisit the sequel to The Addams Family: 1993’s Addams Family Values. Not only does the film capture the mysterious and spooky spirit of Halloween, it also celebrates the Thanksgiving holiday… in the creepy and kooky way only the Addams Family can pull off. You can watch the movie… More Halloween-Thanksgiving Mashup with Addams Family Values

“Anything for Thanksgiving?”: A Time When Thanksgiving Was More Like Halloween

Believe it or not, there was a time in American history when the familiar pastime of going door to door wearing masks and disguises was an activity associated with Thanksgiving, not Halloween. The tradition seems to date back to the 1870s when poor Americans in the northeastern United States would go from house to house, begging… More “Anything for Thanksgiving?”: A Time When Thanksgiving Was More Like Halloween