Home for the Holidays: Whether Told From Chris Radant’s or Claudia Larson’s Perspective, It Remains the Consummate Family-Related Thanksgiving Story

There is a good rule to abide by when it comes to adapting films these days: go with a short story as your source material rather than a novel. Leave the novels instead for a limited TV series (à la Ripley). And that’s part of why the film adaptation of 1995’s Thanksgiving opus, Home for the Holidays, is so perfect. Based on Chris Radler’s short … Continue reading Home for the Holidays: Whether Told From Chris Radant’s or Claudia Larson’s Perspective, It Remains the Consummate Family-Related Thanksgiving Story

How a Women’s Magazine Fortified the Myth of Thanksgiving and Its Absurd Menu

“He who loves not his country, can love nothing.” This quote from Lord Byron is how Sarah J. Hale, perhaps known more in the present for penning “Mary Had a Little Lamb” than being the “Mother of Thanksgiving,” commences Northwood: A Tale of New England, Vol. 1. Lord Byron’s words are a strong indication of just how much Hale was responsible for the white-washing of Thanksgiving under … Continue reading How a Women’s Magazine Fortified the Myth of Thanksgiving and Its Absurd Menu