The Annual Thanksgiving Index Number of pounds turkey weighed: 17 Number of courses to meal: 4 Percentage of courses that were dessert: 50 Number of screenings of A Charlie Brown Thanksgiving: 1 Number of diners who requested the meal served by Charlie Brown (including toast, popcorn, pretzels and jellybeans): 1 Ratio of pies to people: 1:3 (this severe decline from previous years was caused by the fact that my family, rather than my husband�s, made up the dominant attendance) Number of times my dad dozed off during the annual viewing of the Macy�s parade: 1 Number of playings of �Alice�s Restaurant�: 1 Number of trips to the beach today: 2 Number of degrees Fahrenheit in the early afternoon: 72 Number of inches of snow not being shoveled out of our driveway at home: 3 Number of days until we return to cooler climes: 3
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