Day 1.321: The pre-Black Friday Parade

We have taken a step closer today to 'doing Thanksgiving properly' I think. We watched the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade on TV this morning and had turkey, trimmings and pie with some of our church family this afternoon. We even found time for the football (as the video proves):


(well we can't be expected to get it all right...)

The parade was actually very good entertainment, but after it finished, it took some persuading to get the girls to have a bit of a run around outside. The football was an attempt to prevent them driving each other and us mad before we left the house at lunchtime. In the car, they managed to turn from arguing to something stranger. We caught this bit of conversation during our short drive:

Exile #4: I am Makka Pakka, I have horns.
Exile #3: Don't...kill...the chameleon!

Both food and company were great this afternoon and it was hard to tear the kids away at (their) bedtime. This evening the TV was full of adverts for the 'Post-Thanksgiving Sales.' Most of them are focussed on some 'door-busting deals' tomorrow which is known popularly as Black Friday. Some shops will be open at 4 am to greet crowds of insomniac bargain-seekers.

And so it's a holiday-season pop pun (number 87) for title watchers (do you love potassium nitrate as much as I do?): When I was a young boy, my father took me into the city.