No Thanksgiving shopping in Massachusetts

Thanks to some old laws called "blue laws", there will be no Christmas shopping on Thanksgiving in Massachusetts!

The laws state that retailers can not be open and can not force people to work those days.

Sounds great!



wgbb.com - Thanksgiving Retail Banned in MA

Give Thanks for Etsy!

There are some great Thanksgiving crafts, clothes and decorations over on Etsy.

We've signed up and made a few boards of some of our favorites! Come on over and check us out on Etsy.



etsy.com - RespectTurkey

Respect the turkey!

Pledge to not shop on Thanksgiving!

This pledge is really making the rounds this year for Thanksgiving, hopefully it makes a difference!

Why don't you take the pledge today too?

Not sure of the origin, but it looks like it came from this facebook group:

Say No To Shopping on Thanksgiving

They're already on our birds of a feather group, so hopefully they keep up the fight!

@TheDailyPardon is saving Thanksgiving turkeys!

Would you pardon a thanksgiving turkey like @LordSteele did??

The Freebirds Movie crew tweets a turkey to be pardoned every day!

They tweet to a "president" of some kind, like @MattyBraps, @brookeburke and plenty of others.

That's some turkey respect!!

Check them out over on twitter: Twitter/@thedailypardon

or on their website: freebirdsmovie.com/thedailypardon

@RyanSeacrest Respects The Turkey!

Wow! Glad to know an A-lister is on board with our cause!

Ryan Seacrest (Twitter/@RyanSeacrest) tweeted this yesterday:

I feel like thanksgiving dinner is getting the shaft with how early stores are opening this year #savethanksgiving

Awesome! Respect the turkey! No Christmas before Thanskgiving!

Pumpkin Pie Pop Tarts

Want a festive Thanksgiving holiday pastry with your coffee in the morning?

Then go check out the new Frosted Pumpkin Pie flavored Pop Tarts!

Pop Tarts - Frosted Pumpkin Pie

Pinterest is for the birds

The turkey bird is gobbling on over to Pinterest to post some fun recipes and decorations for Thanskgiving!
Come on over and check out our boards!

pinterest.com/RespectTurkey

Respect the Reddit

Are you a redditor?



Come visit us over on reddit, with our very own Respect The Turkey subreddit
where you can share your own links or comments about respecting the Thanksgiving holiday,
no Christmas shopping before Thanksgiving, and just general turkey love!

/r/RespectTheTurkey

Or find us through one of our other social media outlets:

- Facebook: facebook.com/RespectTheTurkey

- Twitter: @RespectTurkey

- Cafe Press Store: CafePress.com/RespectTheTurkey

Jerky Turkey

Back in 1945 MGM and Tex Avery made a goofy cartoon about a pilgrim chasing around a turkey.

It was called Jerky Turkey!


Happy Thanskgiving!

Birds of a Feather

It's good to know that the fight to save Thanksgiving has many supporters.

Respect the Turkey isn't alone in the fight to keep the holiday alive.

We've added a new section on the side bar called Birds of a Feather for other websites or facebook pages dedicated to the Thanksgiving holiday.

If we missed your Thanksgiving site, let us know!

Check out our fellow supporters of Thanksgiving!

Respect the Bird

facebook: No Christmas Before Thanksgiving

facebook: Occupy Thanksgiving

facebook: Say No to Shopping on Thanksgiving

facebook: Thanksgiving (group 1)

facebook: Thanksgiving (group 2)

Turkey Trot

Stuffed full of stuffing and want to lose that turkey fat?

Lots of big cities have races on Turkey day, usually called the Turkey Trot.

Check out our list, and hit us up on Twitter or Facebook if we missed your race!


Dana Point, CA - turkeytrot.com/expo-info

San Francisco, CA - www.turkeytrailtrot.com/2013

Silicon Valley, CA - svturkeytrot.com/race-info

Palm Beach, FL - www.palmbeachunitedway.org/2013TurkeyTrot

Tampa Bay, FL - www.tampabay.com/marketing/turkey-trot.page

Tallahasee, FL - tallyturkeytrot.com

Chicago, IL - www.turkeyday-5k.com/page/show/552422-chicago

Naperville, IL - napervilleturkeytrot.com

Detroit, MI - theparade.org/turkeytrot

Buffalo, NY - www.ymcabuffaloniagara.org/turkeytrot.html

Troy, NY - www.troyturkeytrot.com

Columbus, OH - www.columbusturkeytrot.com

Miamisburg OH - orrrcturkeytrot.com

Oakville, ON - rotaryturkeytrot.ca

Pittsburgh, PA - www.terrybishop.com/photobmb/2013-Turkey-Trot-Pittsburgh.html

Houston, TX - turkeytrot.shelteringarms.org

Seattle, WA - seattleturkeytrot.org

Tacoma, WA - www.metroparkstacoma.org/trot

Lady Bug E Cards - Thanksgiving

Some great funny Thanksgiving cards over at www.ladybugecards.com!

Check out their youtube channel as well:
www.youtube.com/user/LadyBugMovieSpoofs

Here's a funny one about a knife and a turkey doing different types of movies:

Turkey Movie - Free Birds

With Halloween over now, it's time to start thinking about Thanksgiving!

There's a movie opening November 1st called Free Birds about two turkeys that travel back in time to try and take turkey off the menu for Thanksgiving!

It's got a great cast of characters including Woody Harrelson, Amy Poehler, Owen Wilson and George Takei!

Go check it out!

Ho ho home depot

Over a week until Halloween, over a month until Thanksgiving, and over two months until Christmas Day.

Home Depot is in a hurry to make all that money from the Holiday shoppers!

Martha Stewart Thanksgiving Recipes

Check out some great Thanksgiving recipes over at Martha Stewart!

http://www.marthastewart.com/276949/everything-thanksgiving

Target Turkeys

Some cute turkey stuff in the kids section at Target!

Gravy Candy

It's the perfect candy for Thanksgiving!

Neatorama is now selling candy that is gravy flavored!



The mint flavoring of candy canes now finally has a true competitor.

Click here for Gravy Candy

Or Click here to browser neatorama's other weird candies

Holiday Meme Contest

Head on over to those crazy cheeseburger folks, and make your own holiday meme,
for a chance to win some cash for yourself and a teacher's classroom of your choice!

Season's Memeing

And as always...

Respect the Turkey!

Respect the Twitter

Thanks to all the peeps out there respecting the turkey on Twitter!

Twitter results for #respecttheturkey

Thanksgiving Leftovers?

Yum!

Hopefully everybody woke up this morning to some leftover pumpkin pie for breakfast,
and a nice turkey sandwich for lunch!



Buzzfeed - 24 Beautiful Portraits Of Thanksgiving Leftover Sandwiches

These tortoises got to have some leftover pumpkins for lunch:

Buzzfeed - Tortoises Enjoy Thanksgiving Leftover