There was a time when Thanksgiving wasn’t just about turkey and football.
I know, I know, sounds impossible, but….
As a frame of reference, Macy’s kicked off its Thanksgiving Day parade spectacular in 1924.
Before that, around the turn of the 20th century, each year around the time of the traditional November holiday, not a few youngish New York denizens got into the habit of getting really duded up in any makeshift costume they could put together, and cadging pennies from passers-by on the streets.
Sure beats today’s store-bought Halloween costumes….
Copyright © Richard Carl Subber 2014
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