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AppleTree readers respond
to an irate grandparent.

A call for youngsters to get
colorfully wild for Thanksgiving.

Let's Talk Turkey!

Great ideas for making a
memoraole Thanksgiving
when you can't have
10 hours to create a
straw decoration.

Elizabeth Applebaum AppleTree Editor

W

hether you're planning a quiet dinner for just
you and your children or one that includes
everyone from in-laws to the boss ("Don't I
pay you enough to get a really nice dining-room set,
dear?") and her husband, Big Bubba ("Hope you got
plenty of beer here! It just isn't Thanksgiving without beer,
now is it?") and their six children ("But we don't want
stuffing with nuts! We hate nuts! Ugh! We want to go
homer) and their dog because they do not, do not leave
her at home — Thanksgiving requires a great deal of
preparation.
There's the turkey, of course, or a tofu version thereof if
you're vegetarian. But what makes the evening memo-
rable is more than food. It's perfecting that le ne soils quoi
— those extra touches — that special something that has
brought millions to Martha Stewart, not to mention
secured her own line at Kmart. (Love those towels,
Martha!)
In her wondrous IV programs, Martha has been known
— let's be honest — to come up with projects that take a
good 10 hours each, such as creating a straw decora-
tion from an orange ("First, carve slowly around the entire
orange, making a thin, delicate, single piece of the peel.
This will take patience! When at last you're done, shape

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peel around the straw. Freeze."). Cer-
tainly, this project is perfect for a
busy executive or moth-
er of 10, but what about
the rest of us average pro-
letarians who have
nothing to do all the
livelong day?
Well, friends, this
column is exactly
what you're looking
for! So get ready for
great ideas for a real-
ly fun Thanksgiving.
#1) Award A Few
Golden Turkeys Of Your
Own:
Each year, author Harry
Medved begins the arduous task of selecting the worst
films of the year. He has even compiled these into a
book, perhaps the most important collection of our time
and a must for each and every home, called The 50
Worst Films of All Time.

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