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Default Thanksgiving Dinner Time?

Oh pshaw, on Tue 27 Nov 2007 08:33:42p, Shiral meant to say...

> On Nov 21, 6:59 am, "Woolstitcher" > wrote:
>> What time to you serve Thanksgiving dinner? I'm just wondering what
>> other ppl do
>> This year we will be going to breakfast at a friends, then to the Zoo
>> and then home for dinner. I think we will have dinner this year around
>> 5 or 6.

>
> Welll....we SAID 1:30 this year, but that's about the time the guests
> started arriving. (My brother runs on a clock that's about an hour to
> three hours slower than everyone else's.)
>
> When I was growing up, it was around "dinner time" i.e between six and
> seven p.m.Then we experimented with having it at about 3 in the
> afternoon and liked not feeling so full by the time we went to bed.
> It also allowed time to go for a nice walk after dinner and before
> pie, and have it still be light out.
>
> This year, we sat down at about ten past two, which was the earliest
> we've ever managed.
>
> Melissa
>


I aimed for 1:00pm and we sat down at 1:30 pm, not too far off target.

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Wayne Boatwright

Date: Monday, November(XI) 26th(XXVI),2007(MMVII)

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