My decades-long, personal tradition forbids me from eating pumpkin pie on Thanksgiving Day. Also included in my tradition is that I must eat pumpkin pie on Christmas Eve and/or Christmas Day. Actually, I allow myself to eat pumpkin pie on any date throughout the year, except on Thanksgiving Day.
Why? Because pumpkin pie is mentioned in the song "Sleigh Ride," which I considered to be a Christmas song when my age was in single digits in the 1960s. As an adult, I realized, I think in the mentally foggy 1990s, that in reality, this song technically isn't a Christmas song."Sleigh Ride" - Mitch Miller and The Gang
https://youtu.be/TWVSS-Fy6dc?si=jkyzfy2gGVuU2Oo3
Now at age 64, I am once again following my childhood tradition today (November 27, 2025) on Thanksgiving Day, as I have done every holiday season since the late 1960s. Of course, I will continue to follow my tradition during every future holiday season.
My mother has often made pumpkin cakes around Thanksgiving and/or Christmas, which is like pumpkin bread but with chocolate chips and, on top, chopped walnuts and a sugar glaze.
November 27, 2025, Cascades at Delray Beach (my physical rehabilitation facility)
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