#thanksgiving parade 2022

[shefaniquotes]

“My favorite thing is just everybody coming to Oklahoma, and we have such an awesome time.”

Gwen on her favorite Thanksgiving memories, Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade, November 2022

[serenadeofsunshine]

THIS THING 🫵

that statue of funny bunny from the thanksgiving day parade float would fix me completely i am so serious

[disneyprincemuke]

santa baby * ls2

it's never fun feeling like an outsider, so you'd sworn that nobody would ever feel the way you did all those years ago

pairings: logan sargeant x platonic!femdriver

notes: hi i know i took forever to write this but uh what r u gonna do? ik u love me B)

| "wanna hang out?" | driver's parade | american burgers | american football | the thanksgiving incident | another williams adoptee | beating the heat | you’re embarrassing me | santa baby | the favourite driver | the situationship | it's nice to have a friend |

you hum, whirling around at the camera crew settling right by the front of the mercedes racing home. “ah, it’s that time of years again, isn’t it?”

“yes! are you excited?”

you nod with a smile as you see a box being pulled out of the cart they’ve been lugging around in the paddocks for the video. “have you seen the present? got any hints for me?”

“aw, we can’t do that,” she giggles. “where’s the fun in that?”

secret santa is the yearly affair that you find yourself looking forward to as the year progresses. it’s always the santa hat and the fun of guessing who’s gotten you what this year. what used to be a silly game of gag gifts when you first started out, is now an endearing event filled with thoughtful gifts that you keep on your shelf for years to come.

last year, max had gotten your name. he is very thoughtful with his presents. his present sits at the top of your shelf: a paper mache trophy he admitted that he made with penelope (you’ve met her and she loves you) deeming you his toughest competitor in 2022.

you’re curious to see who drew your name this year.

“oh! do i get to keep this one?” you giggle as she hands you a santa hat. you pull it over your head snuggly and clap your hands. “where is it?”

“here.”

a box is handed to you, wrapped neatly in a mercedes green paper. you squeal as you take it into your hands and carefully unwrap it. there is something about wrapping paper that is so incredibly delicate and worth keeping.

you carefully tear at the tape holding the seams and edges of the box.

“any guesses who it could be right off the bat?”

“it could be anyone at this point,” you sigh, shaking your head. “could it be max again? hopefully it’s not charles — who knows what he will give me.” you look up to the camera. “in secret santa terms, of course. he is actually a good gift giver.”

you tear off the wrapping paper, folding it up neatly before pinning it between your body and elbow. “okay. truth time.”

you pull the cover off the box and tilt your head at the array of presents sitting comfortably in mercedes’ coloured confetti.

“what did you get?”

“a ‘best mum’ mug?” you say, coming out in a slight question as you lift up the pastel green mug to the camera. “am i pregnant and somehow it’s passed me?”

you hear a chorus of laughter as you venture further, each of the presents somehow getting weirder by the second. “and a christmas card? seriously?”

you graze your fingers over the 3d design on the card with a small smile, reading ‘merry christmas!’ with a cute doodle of a christmas tree in the centre. “we’ve been instructed to tell you to read that after you get all the presents and guess him correctly.”

your eyes trail to the gold plate in the shape of a star.

“another trophy!” you shriek. you squint your eyes to read the inscription on the plate. you sigh and press your lips together into a thin line. you hold it up. “best grid mum. the spelling alone gives it away!”

you step forward and let the camera zoom into it, the inscription reading “best grid mom”. “logan’s my secret santa?”

“ah, rookie mistake with the spelling there, wasn’t it?” she laughs. “there’s one more gift. he told us to give it to you when you figure it out.”

somebody else reaches out with a frame in their hands. you take it into your hands and smile, a picture of you and logan sitting right outside the mercedes home together for lunch sits tightly behind the glass.

“this is so sweet!” you coo, one hand covering your red cheeks. “do you want me to read the card?” she nods. you open the folded card and read as you speak. “thanks for welcoming me this year to the grid. you’re the best ever. hope i get to race with you longer than just this season. love, your secret santa.”

you look up as tears well in your eyes, looking into the camera. “aw, you’re the sweetest, logan. don’t worry, i’ve already got a present for him this christmas.”

you point to the lens of the camera. “can i grab this thing real quick for dramatic effect?” he nods. you grab the frame of the lens and take a step forward. “james vowles, if you do not re-sign logan hunter sargeant, i know where to find you.”

@cashtons-wife

[gifs-of-puppets]

The 2022 Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade (2022)

Source: @MacysParade

[the-peak-tmnt]

RECIPROCITY TIMELINE OF EVENTS

I started the story of Reciprocity in the middle of things, so readers are slowly learning what happened that led up to the current events of the story through references and the occasional flashback. We still have a couple major flashbacks to cover before readers are completely up to speed with what has happened before we jumped in.

But I went ahead and wrote up this little timeline for anyone who might be confused. I made a couple mistakes myself while writing, and had to fix a couple things after the fact 😅

Timeline is under the cut! SPOILERS if you haven't read up to Chapter 14 yet!

SPRING 2023

Mutant Mayhem: Events of the movie take place. I believe the movie takes place in spring because in the US, prom season is at the end of the school year. Characters in the movie are also wearing light jackets or just hoodies.

Turtles Enroll in Eastman: The turtles would have begun their Freshman (first) year of high school late in the second half of the 2022/2023 school year and attend Prom

SUMMER 2023

“Fanfare” : (We have not had a flashback yet) The turtles spend the summer enjoying the “overall fanfare” Donnie mentions in his plan to stop Superfly and win over the humans.

FALL 2023

School Year Begins: The turtles begin their Sophomore (second) year of high school

Thanksgiving 2023 – Leo is taken: We have not had a flashback yet, all we know so far is from passing comments/references. What we do know is that the turtles are in the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade. This is where Leo is kidnapped and disappears. Raph is injured during the kidnapping.

Therapy: Raph begins mandated therapy sessions

WINTER 2023

Christmas 2023: First Christmas without Leo

SPRING 2024

No major events hinted at so far. Raph and his brothers begin drifting apart.

FALL 2024

School Year Begins: The turtles begin their Junior (third) year of high school.

Thanksgiving 2024 – 1st Anniversary of Leo’s disappearance: We have not had a flashback yet, all we know so far is from passing comments/references. What we know is that a remembrance service is held for Leo. Raph snaps and gets into a screaming match with Splinter over Leo. Raph believes Leo is alive but cannot convince anyone. Splinter tells Raph to stay home. Raph has a breakdown in Leo’s room, angry and frustrated that nobody believes him. Splinter finds him there, and yells at Raph to stay out of Leo’s room. Splinter and Raph’s already strained relationship falls apart, and they begin avoiding each other and hardly speaking to one another.

WINTER 2024

Christmas 2024: Second Christmas without Leo

SPRING 2025

No major events hinted at so far

SUMMER 2025

No major events hinted at so far

FALL 2025 – This is where the reader begins the story

School year has already begun: The turtles are in their Senior (fourth and final) year of high school.

Thanksgiving 2025 – 2nd Anniversary of Leo’s disappearance: Raph attends the remembrance ceremony for the first time with his family at Mikey’s request.

Raph, Mikey and Donnie begin hanging out again

Casey Jones transfers to Eastman High

WINTER 2025

Christmas 2025 – 3rd Christmas without Leo: The family finally celebrates the holiday normally again. Splinter gives Raph a gift of something that had once belonged to Leo.

And that’s it, we’re up to date!

[strictlyfavorites]

Earth moon

Moon3

The Astronaut Snoopy balloon is on Central Park West in New York City during Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade on Thursday, Nov. 24, 2022.

[darkmaga-returns]

What is being ignored by the mainstream media are the dangers facing the global economy

Dec 03, 2024

On the economic front, it is more of the same, but just a different day.

The U.S. equities keep riding high following the re-election of Donald Trump.

While there are fears that his tariff policies will have negative effects on the economy, at this point, it is a guessing game.

The same with his plans to cut taxes. Will the richest Americans reap the biggest rewards like his last cuts in 2017, or will We the People of Slavelandia get a cut?

What is being ignored by the mainstream media are the dangers facing the global economy.

Economies were artificially propped up with trillions of dollars in fake money backed by nothing and printed on nothing, plus negative and zero interest rate policies, are now suffering from the draconian COVID lockdown policies imposed by politicians that destroyed the lives and livelihoods of billions of people across the planet.

We continue to report on the looming Office Building Bust that will cause Banks to Go Bust.

Need more proof?

The recent four-week office occupancy rate of the largest 10 cities in the U.S. was, according to Kastle Systems, down to 40.6 percent. Much of the decline was a result of the Thanksgiving holiday, but overall, for the year, the average is around 50 percent, while the vacancy rate, meaning empty office buildings, is at around 20 percent.

As of last week, the delinquency rates on commercial mortgage-backed securities (CMBS) was at 10.4 percent, up one percent in November, hitting its fastest spike in two years... the depth of the COVID War lockdowns.

According to Trepp data, the current CMBS delinquency rate is just .3 percent below the 10.7 percent spike during the Panic of ’08 Great Recession.

Illustrating the danger ahead, but again banned by the mainstream media, was the 31 October 2024 article in Wall Street on Parade, New York Fed Report: 27 Percent of Bank Capital Is “Extend and Pretend” Commercial Real Estate Loans... which in part states the dire office building crisis as a result of the vacancy rates and how it is being covered up.

They quote a paper written by Matteo Crosignani, financial research advisor at the New York Fed, and Saketh Prazad, a former research analyst at the New York Fed who is now a doctoral student in the Business Economics program at the Harvard Business School who wrote:

“In this paper, using detailed supervisory data, we document that banks have ‘extended-and-pretended’ their distressed CRE mortgages in the post-pandemic period to delay the recognition of losses. Banks with weaker marked-to-market capital—largely due to losses in their securities portfolio since 2022:Q1—have extended the maturity of their impaired CRE mortgages coming due and pretended that such credit provision was not as distressed to avoid further depleting their capital. The resulting limited number of loan defaults hindered the reallocation of capital, crowding out the origination of both CRE mortgages and loans to firms. The maturity extensions granted by banks also fueled the volume of CRE mortgages set to mature in the near term—a ‘maturity wall’ with the associated risk of large losses materializing in a short period of time.”

One of the scariest potential outcomes referenced by the authors is their so-called “maturity wall” when the debt bombs come due and losses pile up suddenly. The authors write this:

“…we document that banks’ extend-and-pretend has led to an ever-expanding ‘maturity wall’, namely a rapidly increasing volume of CRE loans set to mature in the near term. As of 2023:Q4, CRE mortgages coming due within three years represent 27% of bank marked-to-market capital, up 11 percentage points from 2020:Q4—and CRE mortgages coming due within five years represent 40% of bank marked-to-market capital. We show (i) that weakly capitalized banks drive this expansion, consistent with their extend-and-pretend behavior, and (ii) that the maturity wall represents a sizable 16% of the aggregate CRE debt held by the banking sector as of 2023:Q4.

“Taken together, our results highlight the costs of banks’ extend-and-pretend behavior. In the short term, the resulting credit misallocation might slow down the capital reallocation needed to sustain the transition of real estate markets to the post-pandemic equilibrium—for example supporting the conversion of office space into residential units and recreational spaces in large urban areas. In the medium term, the delayed recognition of losses exposes banks (and all other holders of CRE debt) to sudden large losses which can be exacerbated by fire sales dynamics and bankruptcy courts congestion.”

Further illustrating the reality of the looming CMBS debt bomb, today Wall Street on Parade noted that:

“Life insurers continued to allocate a substantial percentage of assets to risky and less liquid instruments, such as leveraged loans, collateralized loan obligations (CLOs), high-yield corporate bonds, privately placed corporate bonds, and alternative investments. Moreover, life insurance companies have material direct exposures to commercial mortgages and are large holders of commercial mortgage-backed securities (CMBS). This exposure to illiquid and risky assets makes life insurers vulnerable to an array of adverse shocks, including that of an economic downturn or of a significant further deterioration of the CRE [commercial real estate] market.”

TREND FORECAST: Yes, the significant further deterioration of the CRE [commercial real estate] market,” that so few are talking about... a mega trend we warned about when we had forecast the Office Building Bust and its socioeconomic implications.

[sillyname30]

I went through Darren’s IG and the last time he made a personal post for Christmas Day was in 2020. He posted in 2021 as well but that was promo for his album. Nothing in 2022 or 2023. He also hasn’t posted for Thanksgiving in years, besides the parade post in 2019. The only personal Thanksgiving one I could find was back in 2015.

That’s not to say we won’t get pictures on another day, like those family Disney pics from last year, but I fear the odds are stacked against us this holiday season with him working.

This time of year is probably difficult for the whole family + they have kids so I’m sure he wants to soak up the time with them. He has no obligation to share anything with us, but it’s also a nice surprise when he does.

I think we can count on him posting for milestone anniversaries & birthdays but other than that it’s a toss up.

Most people I follow on instagram make post for the major holidays - at least in their stories. Darren is the exception.

Darren said in the video for godlovesnyc that he is grateful for the two women in his life, his mother and his wife. It would be the perfect opportunity to make a Thanksgiving post with Mia, Cerina and the kids. The chance that it will happen is by 1 % or less.

I'm really hoping Darren will make a family post some time this year. It wasn't that bad with baby Bluesy. We got posts from friends and family, but we don't get anything with baby Brother. I don't think it will happen though. I could make good money betting against it.

[brookston]

Holidays 11.15

Holidays

Advocacy Action Day

American Enterprise Day

America Recycles Day

Bitcoin Independence Day

Clean Out Your Refrigerator Day

Conscript’s Day (Russia)

Day of the 8 Billion (2022)

Day of the German Community (Belgium)

Day of the Imprisoned Writer

Don't Try To Do Everything At Once Day

Dynasty Day (Belgium)

Equal Pay Day (EU)

European Music Therapy Day

Family Civility Day

Fast For An Abundant World Harvest

Festival of Total Submission

George Spelvin Day

German Community Day (Belgium)

GIS Day

Gundam Day (New York)

I Love To Write Day

Indonesia Marine Corps Day (Indonesia)

International “Addict to Angel” Awareness Day

International Day for the Prevention of & Fight Against All Forms of Transnational Organized Crime

International 15q Day

Kimono Day (Japan)

Koningsfeest (King's Feast; Belgium)

Leopoldstag (a.k.a. Goose Day; start of Heurigen, new wine season, Austria)

Little Red Wagon Day

Love, Light, & Hope National Day of Yoga & Meditation

Lutetia Asteroid Day

Mason-Dixon Line Day

More Than One Role Day

National Ample Time Day

National Camp T-Shirt Day

National Career Development Day

National Clean Out Your Refrigerator Day

National Currency Day (Kazakhstan)

National Drummer Day (a.k.a. National Drumming Day)

National DTC Day

National Dylan Day

National Educational Support Professionals Day

National Entrepreneurship Day

National Family Civility Day

National Meme Day

National Philanthropy Day

National Shop with Your Dog

National Stormwater Day

National Swag Day

National Tree Planting Day (Sri Lanka)

Pack Your Mom’s Lunch Day

Peace Day (Cote d’Ivoire)

Pheasant Day (French Republic)

Producer Day

Riboflavin Transporter Deficiency Awareness Day

Rock Your Mocs Day

Sadie Hawkins Day (Original Date)

Safety Razor Day

School Board Member Day (Illinois)

Shichi-Go-San (Seven-Five-Three; Japan)

Sing in Your Car Day

Smoke and Tobacco Day

Steve Irwin Day

TechDay (NYC)

Transgender Day of Remembrance

Wear Purple Day (Ontario)

Wendy’s Day

World COPD Day

World Cord Blood Day

World Day Without Alcohol

World Gold Day

The World Needs More Touch Day

World Ohtahara Syndrome Awareness Day

Food & Drink Celebrations

Australian Gin Day

National Bundt Day

International Cheese & Bread Day (UK)

International Pilsner Day

International Whole Grain Day

National Raisin Bran Cereal Day

National Spicy Hermit Cookie Day

Independence & Related Days

Articles of Confederation (Adopted; U.S.; 1777)

Canterbury Province Day (New Zealand)

Commonwealth of the Philippines (Inauguration; Philippines; 1935)

Northern Cyprus (from Cyprus, 1983) [partially recognized]

Oriental Mindoro Day (Philippines)

Palestine (Unilaterally Declared, 1988)

Republic Proclamation Day (Brazil)

3rd Friday in November

Children in Need Appeal Day (Ireland, UK) [Friday of 2nd Full Week]

Comfort Food Friday [Every Friday]

Five For Friday [Every Friday]

Flashback Friday [Every Friday]

Friday Finds [Every Friday]

Fry Day (Pastafarian; Fritism) [Every Friday]

International Stand Up to Bullying Day [3rd Friday] (Also 3rd Friday in Feb)

Music T-Shirt Day (Australia) [3rd Friday]

National Agriculture Day (Australia) [3rd Friday]

Substitute Educators Day [3rd Friday]

TGIF (Thank God It's Friday) [Every Friday]

World Sustainable Toy Day [3rd Friday]

Weekly Holidays beginning November 15 (2nd Full Week of November)

National Donor Sabbath (thru 11.17) [Fri-Sun 2 Weeks before Thanksgiving]

Virginia Cider Week (thru 11.24)

Festivals Beginning November 15, 2024

Budapest Christmas Market or Vörösmarty Square Christmas Market (Budapest, Hungary) [1.1.2025]

Christmas Market and Parade in Valkenburg aan de Geul (Valkenburg aan de Geul, Netherlands) [thru 1.5.2025]

Copenhagen Christmas Market in Tivoli Gardens (Copenhagen, Denmark) [thru 1.5.2025]

Edinburgh Christmas Market (Edinburgh, United Kingdom) [thru 1.4.2025]

EuroChocolate (Perugia, Italy) [thru 11.24]

Gijón International Film Festival (Gijón, Spain) [thru 11.23]

Gingerbread House Competition & Display (Lahaska, Pennsylvania) [thru 1.19.25]

Harvest Festival (Boone, Iowa)

Innsbruck Christmas Market in the Old Town (Innsbruck, Austria) [thru 12.23]

International Indian Film Academy Awards (Abu Dhabi, UAE) [thru 11.17]

Leon International Balloon Festival (Leon, Mexico) [thru 11.18]

London Jazz Festival (London, United Kingdom) [thru 11.24]

Strawberry Fields (Tocumwal, New South Wales, Australia) [thru 11.17]

Three Continents Festival (Nantes, France) [thru 11.23]

WhiskyFest Chicago (Chicago, Illinois)

Feast Days

Abibus of Edessa (Christian; Saint)

Albert the Great (Christian; Saint)

Awkwardly Honest Day (Pastafarian)

Birsa Munda Jayanti (Parts of India)

Caius of Korea (Christian; Blessed)

Celtic Advent (Pagan) [40 Days Until Xmas]

Changeling Restitution Day (Goblins; Shamanism)

Descending Day of Lord Buddha (Bhutan)

De Witt (Positivist; Saint)

Didier of Cahors (a.k.a. Desiderius; Christian; Saint)

Eugonius (Christian; Saint)

Feast of St. Margaret of Scotland (Starza Pagan Book of Days)

Feronia (Pagan Goddess of Fire, Fertility & Woodlands)

Fintan of Rheinau (Christian; Saint)

Francis Asbury and George Whitefield (Episcopal Church)

Georgia O’Keeffe (Artology)

Gerhart Hauptmann (Writerism)

Gertrude (Christian; Saint)

Gilles de Raid Day (Church of the SubGenius; Saint)

Gurias, Samoanas, and Abibus (Christian; Martyrs)

Hugh Faringdon (Christian; Blessed)

J.G. Ballard (Writerism)

Leopold III of Austria (Christian; Saint) [Lower Austria and Vienna]

Liane Moriarty (Writerism)

Malo (a.k.a. Male or Maclou; Christian; Saint)

Marianne Moore (Writerism)

Mechell (Christian; Saint)

Mr. Pelican (Muppetism)

Nidhogg’s Blot (Pagan)

Philip the Apostle (Christian; Saint)

Prophet’s Birthday (Mouloud; Shi’a Muslims) [17th of Rabi’al-awwal]

Shichi-Go-San (Shinto; Japan)

Sigid (Ethiopian Jewish) [Cheshvan 29]

Wayne Thiebaud (Artology)

Zachariah (Christian; Saint)

Lunar Calendar Holidays

Full Moon [10th of the Year] (a.k.a. ... 

Beaver Moon (Amer. Indian, Colonial, Traditional)

Dark Moon (Celtic, North America)

Digging Moon (Traditional)

Flower Moon (South Africa)

Freezing Moon (Alternate)

Frost Moon (Alternate)

Hunter’s Moon (North America)

Ill Full Moon Poya Day (Sri Lanka)

Loy Krathong (Floating of the Lamps Festival; Thailand)

Palden Lhama Festival (Tibet)

Rutting Moon (Traditional)

Sassafras Moon (Choctaw)

Snow Moon (England, Wicca)

Southern Hemisphere: Corn, Flower, Hare, Milk

Tazaugmone (a.k.a. Thasaung Mong; Festival of Lights; Myanmar)

That Luang Festival (Theravada Buddhism; Laos) 

Trading Moon (Cherokee)

Tree Moon (Neo-Pagan)

Whitefish Moon (Traditional)

White Moon (China)

Lucky & Unlucky Days

Perilous Day (13th Century England) [28 of 32]

Shakku (赤口 Japan) [Bad luck all day, except at noon.]

Very Unlucky Day (Grafton’s Manual of 1565) [52 of 60]

Premieres

Aladdin’s Lamp (Terrytoons Cartoon; 1935)

Alice Helps the Romance (Ub Iwerks Disney Cartoon; 1926)

Alice Hunting in Africa (Ub Iwerks Disney Cartoon; 1924)

Alice Rattled by Rats (Ub Iwerks Disney Cartoon; 1925)

At Last!, by Etta James (Album; 1960)

Black Wings Has My Angel, by Elliott Chaze (Novel; 1953)

Charlie’s Angels (Film; 2019)

China (Terrytoons Cartoon; 1931)

The Crackpot King (Mighty Mouse Cartoon; 1946)

CrazySexyCool, by TLC (Album; 1994)

Dear Mr. Watterson (Documentary Film; 2013)

Death in Captivity, by Michael Gilbert (Novel; 1952)

The Dice Man, by Luke Rhinehart (Novel; 1971)

Electric Holiday (Disney Cartoon; 2012)

The English Patient (Film; 1996)

Football Fever (Oswald the Lucky Rabbit Cartoon; 1937)

Ford v. Ferrari (Film; 2019)

Gentlemen Prefer Blondes, by Anita Loos (Novel; 1925)

Gopher Broke (WB LT Cartoon; 1958)

The Great Hunt, by Robert Jordan (Novel; 1990) [Wheel of Time #2]

Having a Rave Up with the Yardbirds, by the Yardbirds (Album; 1965)

Hollywood Babylon, by Kenneth Anger (Gossip Book; 1965)

I Bet You Think About Me, by Taylor Swift (Song; 2021)

The Jetsons Meet the Flintstones (Hanna-Barbera Animated TV Movie; 1987)

Jungle Rhythm (Ub Iwerks Disney Cartoon; 1929)

Licensed to Ill, by the Beastie Boys (Album; 1985)

The Lord of the Rings (Animated Film; 1978)

Love Me Tender (Film; 1956) [Elvis Presley #1]

Th Magic Pencil (Terrytoons Cartoon; 1940)

Molly Moo-Cow and the Butterflies (Rainbow Parade Cartoon; 1935)

Molly Moo-Cow and the Indians (Rainbow Parade Cartoon; 1935)

Nebraska (Film; 2013)

The Novelty Shop (Color Rhapsody Cartoon; 1936)

Offering (a.k.a. Ticket to Ride), by The Carpenters (Album; 1969)

Play It As It Lays, by Joan Didion (Novel; 1970)

Rabbit’s Kin (WB MM Cartoon; 1952)

Rio Grande (Film; 1950)

The Saint Goes On, by Leslie Charteris (Short Stories; 1934) [Saint #15]

Saturday Night Fever, by the Bee Gees (Soundtrack Album; 1977)

Science Friction (Woody Woodpecker Cartoon; 1963)

Simple Simon (Ub Iwerks ComiColor Cartoon; 1935)

Somebody To Love, recorded by Jefferson Airplane (Song; 1966)

Space Jam (WB Animated Film; 1996)

Steel Magnolias (Film; 1989)

Strawberries Oceans Ships Forest, by The Fireman (Album; 1993) [Paul McCartney]

3, by Violent Femmes (Album; 1989)

Thirty Seconds Over Tokyo (Film; 1944)

Tom & Jerry: Snowman’s Land (WB Animated Film; 2022)

The Undiscovered Self, by C.G. Jung (Philosophical Theory; 1958)

With Poopdeck Pappy (Fleischer Popeye Cartoon; 1940)

Today’s Name Days

Albert, Leopold, Leopoldine (Austria)

Albert, Berto, Paulin, Sidonija (Croatia)

Leopold (Czech Republic)

Leopold (Denmark)

Vaige, Vaigi, Vaike, Vaiki (Estonia)

Janette, Janika, Janina, Janita (Finland)

Albert, Arthur, Léopold, Malo, Victoire (France)

Albert, Leopold, Leopoldine, Nikolaus (Germany)

Albert, Lipót (Hungary)

Alberto (Italy)

Leopolds, Lipsts, Unda, Undīne (Latvia)

Albertas, Leopoldas, Vaidilas, Žadvydė (Lithuania)

Oddfrid, Oddvar (Norway)

Albert, Alberta, Albertyna, Artur, Artus, Idalia, Leopold, Leopoldyna, Przybygniew, Roger (Poland)

Paisie (Romania)

Leopold (Slovakia)

Alberto, Eugenio, Leopoldo (Spain)

Leopold (Sweden)

Leopold, Leopolda, Leopoldo, Leopoltine, Talia, Thalia (USA)

Today is Also…

Day of Year: Day 320 of 2024; 46 days remaining in the year

ISO: Day 5 of Week 46 of 2024

Celtic Tree Calendar: Hagal (Hailstone) [Day 20 of 28]

Chinese: Month 10 (Yi-Hai), Day 15 (Guide-Wei)

Chinese Year of the: Dragon 4722 (until January 29, 2025) [Wu-Chen]

Hebrew: 14 Heshvan 5785

Islamic: 13 Jumada I 1446

J Cal: 20 Wood; Sixthday [20 of 30]

Julian: 2 November 2024

Moon: 100%: Full Moon

Positivist: 12 Frederic (12th Month) [Ruyter]

Runic Half Month: Nyd (Necessity) [Day 9 of 15]

Season: Autumn or Fall (Day 54 of 90)

Week: 2nd Full Week of November

Zodiac: Scorpio (Day 23 of 30)

[macysparadeblog]

Amber Ardolino, a Broadway actress, performed in the Macy's parade in 2022 with the cast and crew of Funny Girl. In this clip, as she is getting ready to perform in the Macy's parade in 2023 with the cast and crew of Back to the Future, she shares this hilarious behind the scenes story of a technical malfunction during the performance of "Don't Rain on my Parade."

The 97th Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade begins airing on NBC and Peacock starting at 8:30 AM EST on Thursday, November 23, 2023

[brookstonalmanac]

Holidays 11.26

Holidays

Anti-Obesity Day

Bonn Om Touk (Water Festival; Cambodia)

Casablanca Day

Constitution Day (Abkhazia; Georgia; India)

Coton de Tulear Day

Corn Salad Day (French Republic)

Economic Abuse Awareness Day (Australia, Canada)

Family Day (Palau)

Festival of Big Talk

Festival of Shadow Economies

Flag Day (Colombia)

Fraternity Day

Good Bath Day (Japan)

Good Grief Day

Holiday List Day

International Bananagrams Day

International Day of Cats

International Shoemaker Day

International Women Human Rights Defenders Day

Iron Deficiency Day

Kelaghayi Day (Azerbaijan)

Kodanikupäev (Citizen Day; Estonia)

Lion Day USA

Mākua Rothman Day (Hawaii)

Mumbai Terror Attacks Remembrance Day

National Alexis Day

National Eric Day

National Heath Day

National Law Day (India)

National Ranboo Day

Netherfield Ball Day

Republic Day (Mongolia)

Sojourner Truth Day (Michigan)

Tazaungdaing (Myanmar)

World Lewis Day

World Olive Tree Day

Food & Drink Celebrations

National Cake Day

National Milk Day (India)

World Olive Day

4th & Last Sunday in November

All Souls' Day (Visu Dvēseles Diena; Latvia)

Artist’s Sunday [Sunday after Thanksgiving]

Crystal Skull World Day [4th Sunday]

International Laksa Day [Last Sunday]

International Shift Worker Sunday [Last Sunday]

John F. Kennedy Day (Massachusetts) [Last Sunday]

Judgement Sunday (Tuomiosunnuntai; Finland) [Last Sunday]

Mother’s Day (Russia) [Last Sunday]

Museum Store Sunday [Last Sunday]

National Bicycle Day (Philippines) [4th Sunday]

National Secondhand Sunday [Last Sunday]

National Youth Sunday (UK) [Last Sunday]

Pasadena Doo Dah Parade [Sunday after Thanksgiving]

Small Brewery Sunday [Sunday after Thanksgiving]

Stir-Up Sunday [Last Sunday before Advent]

Sunday of the Dead (Totensonntag; Austria, Germany) [Last Sunday]

Independence Days

The Golliez (Declared; 2022) [unrecognized]

Mongolia (from China, 1921)

Feast Days

Alypius the Stylite (Christian; Saint)

Basolus (a.k.a. Basle; Christian; Saint)

Bellinus of Padua (Christian; Saint)

Celebration of the Excellence of Genevieve in Paris (Roman Catholic)

Conrad of Constance (a.k.a. Conraal; Christian; Saint)

Day of the Covenant (Baháʼí)

Ethelwine of Athelney (Christian; Saint)

Feast of Christ the King (Christian)

Feast of the Holy Family (Christian)

Hugo Ball Day (Church of the SubGenius; Saint)

Isaac Watts (Episcopal Church (USA))

John Berchmans (Christian; Saint)

Kara Walker (Artology)

Nicon Metanoite (Christian; Saint)

Peter, Bishop of Alexandria (Christian; Saint)

Racist Depreciation Day (Pastafarian)

Sidney (Positivist; Saint)

Siricius, Pope (Christian; Saint)

Stylianos of Paphlagonia (Eastern Orthodoxy)

Sylvester Gozzolini (Christian; Saint)

Tantan (Muppetism)

Valraven’s Day (Pagan)

William Sidney Mount (Artology)

Lucky & Unlucky Days

Taian (大安 Japan) [Lucky all day.]

Uncyclopedia Bad to Be Born Today (because it’s National Baby Dropping Day.)  

Premieres

Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland (Novel; 1865)

Alien: Resurrection (Film; 1997)

Anarchy in the U.K., by The Sex Pistols (Album; 1976)

Australia (Film; 2008)

Bad Santa (Film; 2003)

Casablanca (Film; 1942)

The Daffy Doc (WB LT Cartoon; 1938)

Dangerous, by Michael Jackson (Album; 1991)

Flood Waters or Drown in the Valley (Rocky & Bullwinkle Cartoon, S5, Ep. 234; 1963)

Fragile, by Yes (Album; 1971)

Heir-Conditioned (WB LT Cartoon; 1955)

Home Defense (Disney Cartoon; 1943)

I Believe I Can Fly, by R. Kelly (Song; 1996)

The Ice Storm (Film; 1997)

Imitation of Life (Film; 1934)

Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcast (Film; 1999)

The King’s Speech (Film; 2010)

Licorice Pizza (Film; 2021)

The Mosquito Coast (Film; 1996)

Orchids in the Moonlight, recorded by Xavier Cugat (Song; 1940)

Penguins of Madagascar (Animated Film; 2014)

Rockshow (Paul McCartney Concert Film; 1980)

Squeeze: Unplugged (MTV TV Concert; 1989) [1st Unplugged Concert]

Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home (Film; 1986)

Thirty Two Short Films About Glenn Gould (Film; 1993)

Timeline (Film; 2003)

The Toll of the Sea (Film; 1922) [1st Technicolor Film)

Treasure of Monte Zoom, Part 1 (Rocky & Bullwinkle Cartoon, S5, Ep. 233; 1963)

The Triplets of Belleville (Animated Film; 2003)

Unplugged (Music TV Series; 1989)

The Woman in White, by Wilkie Collins (Novel; 1859)x

Today’s Name Days

Anneliese, Gebhard, Konrad (Austria)

Stilyan, Stilyana (Bulgaria)

Hugo, Konrad, Siricije (Croatia)

Artur (Czech Republic)

Conradus (Denmark)

Dagmar, Maara, Maare, Tamaara (Estonia)

Sisko (Finland)

Delphine (France)

Anneliese, Konrad, Kurt (Germany)

Kyparisia, Nikon, Stelios, Stergios, Stiloanos, Stylianos (Greece)

Virág (Hungary)

Corrado, Cristo (Italy)

Konrāds (Latvia)

Dobilas, Silvestras, Vygantė (Lithuania)

Konrad, Kurt (Norway)

Delfin, Dobiemiest, Jan, Konrad, Konrada, Lechosław, Lechosława, Leonard, Sylwester (Poland)

Stellina (Romania)

Kornel (Slovakia)

Conrado, Juan, Leonardo, Silvestre (Spain)

Linus (Sweden)

Mallory, Rashad, Rashawn, Yesenia, Yessenia (USA)

Today is Also…

Day of Year: Day 330 of 2024; 35 days remaining in the year

ISO: Day 7 of week 47 of 2023

Celtic Tree Calendar: Ngetal (Reed) [Day 27 of 28]

Chinese: Month 10 (Gui-Hai), Day 14 (Wu-Zi)

Chinese Year of the: Rabbit 4721 (until February 10, 2024)

Hebrew: 13 Kislev 5784

Islamic: 13 Jumada I 1445

J Cal: 30 Mir; Nineday [30 of 30]

Julian: 13 November 2023

Moon: 99%: Waxing Gibbous

Positivist: 22 Frederic (12th Month) [Sidney]

Runic Half Month: Is (Stasis) [Day 1 of 15]

Season: Autumn (Day 64 of 89)

Zodiac: Sagittarius (Day 5 of 30)

Calendar Changes

Is (Stasis) [Half-Month 23 of 24; Runic Half-Months] (thru 12.10)

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I'm Happy for One Piece Fans

It's an understatement to say that this is a great time to be a One Piece fan in the West.

From One Piece Film Red ads taking over Times Square in 2022 to Monkey D. Luffy getting his own balloon for the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade in New York City to the National Football League even doing a collaboration with the franchise for one of their games, this has been an incredible journey for a series that struggled to break through in my part of the world for a long time.

And let's not forget about the live-action Netflix adaptation which doesn't suck!

I think back to when I started this blog back in 2010, Naruto and BLEACH got most fans' attention compared to One Piece. I never really gave One Piece a chance because everyone around me was either a Naruto or BLEACH fan. Plus there were other series like Death Note that took center stage.

I mostly wrote about Naruto and BLEACH characters. However, I did write this post in 2011 about One Piece's popularity among adults in Japan. It's one of my most-read posts to this day.

While I wrote in the post that I started after a big time-skip, I gave up afterwards after several chapters. The series didn't stick with me.

I wonder what happened in the last 3-4 years that made One Piece finally blow up in America. 10 years ago, One Piece probably sold alright here, but nothing compared to the other mainstream shonen titles. Over the past 2-3 years and despite being now over 100 volumes, One Piece is now placing in top 20 manga charts in sales consistently.

And then I read about the Wano Country arc. It also helped that the Viz Shonen Jump app was starting to slowly take off around 2019 when they decided to have chapters released the same day as Japan. So now, everyone can get in on the fun. Fans got the see the events of Wano play out over time. Of course, the COVID-19 pandemic helped as everyone bought manga and watched anime to kill time.

But I still feel it mostly has to do with what went happened in Wano. I decided to research the arc and I was left with this.

1.) The longest arc ever in the series.

2.) A lot of significant stuff happened.

3.) Gear 5. 'Nuff said.

4.) Luffy is literally one step away from becoming the King of the Pirates.

I did hear that Wano was probably a homage to Japan, so adding a sense of Eastern flair to a mostly Western theme (pirates) helps.

I give props to the fans who stuck with the series and have felt ignored until these past few years. They did their best to promote One Piece even if it fell on a bunch of deaf ears at times. I personally know people who swore by One Piece since the start. To see it now as big as Dragon Ball Z in America in 2023 is incredible.

The One Piece community deserves this. Patience truly is a virtue here and it was rewarded. I can't wait to see what Eiichiro Oda, Toei Animation and Bandai will do next for you guys for the potential endgame.

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BREAKING NEWS: The NYPD has just now made it public that the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade turkey balloon went mysteriously missing on November 28 of 2022. The police say they never reported the missing balloon at that time because they feared public recrimination. It was last spotted during the parade and went missing shortly thereafter. Sources say they fear it was accidentally shot down at the behest of the Biden administration.

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merry Christmas makenna and happy birthday to our born Lord And Savior Jesus christ Makenna Lee “Kenna” Elrod Seiler that 10 years old little girl who had Christmas in December and Halloween in October and Thanksgiving in November way back in 2020 and 2021 and 2019 until 2022 there was a shooting in Robb Elementary school and that 10 years old little girl her name was Makenna #makennaleeelrod Jesus saved her Jesus healed her Jesus lifted her up Jesus gave her wings and halo Jesus was born on Christmas day Jesus christ is the king Jesus is a doctor Jesus died on a cross for all sins Jesus is the one son of God the stepson of Joseph and the son of Mary and the holy ghost and soul saver heart healer heart fixer Jesus is all this and more Jesus walks on water Jesus walks where angels can't Jesus stands the ground Jesus has the power and strength to do all things that we can't Jesus has to fight for us when we can't fight for ourselves or fight for our marriage or relationship or friendships Jesus put us together for the holidays as family friends and loved ones Santa Claus won't give us what Jesus can give us faith and victory Jesus saved our lives during the hurricane helene and Milton Jesus made it possible for us to be able to celebrate Halloween Thanksgiving and Christmas we wish you all a merry Christmas and happy new year and may God bless Makenna Lee and may she sleep in heavenly peace as she's resting and wishing Jesus christ a happy birthday in heaven Jesus won't fail all of us he won't fail you he won't fail you he won't fail you he won't fail you he won't fail you he won't fail you he won't fail you he won't fail you he won't fail you he won't fail you he won't fail you he won't fail you he won't fail you he won't fail you he won't fail you he won't fail you he won't fail you he won't fail you he won't fail you it's not about the Christmas parades or Macy's Thanksgiving day parade or Christmas parties or presents or the money or games or anything it's about Jesus christ if someone tries to end their lives or if there's another school shooting or at home Jesus will be there for you Jesus will be there for the safety of children these kids on the streets

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Ominous Signs for Democrats in New York

There's a seismic shift in New York politics. It may be because of the Democratic Party's continual dragging of their Overton Window to the left of Fidel Castro. It may be because of the anointment of Kamala Harris as the Democrat's catastrophic 2024 presidential candidate. It may be due to any number of things, but the fact is this: Democrat voter registration in the Empire State is dropping, and that doesn't bode well for Democrats there or nationwide.

There are cracks in the blue wall. Democratic registration dropped 7% in New York City and 4% across the Empire State between 2020 and 2024 — the latest sign of disaffection with liberal policies that some pundits is fueling a national push to the right. Democrats saw registration plummet 258,612 in the city from November 2020 to November 2024, when there were 3.4 million voters registered to the Democratic Party, according to Board of Election data.  That accounted for much of the 271,322 statewide decline in party enrollment as the GOP saw a modest gain of 2%, or 67,483 voters, enrolled statewide — bringing Republican Party totals to slightly more than 3 million, according to the numbers. There were 4,912 more enrolled Republicans in the city, to 573,644 total, the data show.

The recent election saw shifts all over the country. Donald Trump blasted through the Rust Belt states and shattered the Democrats' Blue Wall like the Kool-Aid Man. Several key demographics are trending more and more Republican — and plenty of members of those demographics live in New York.

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New York went handily for Kamala Harris in the presidential election, but the decline in registration, while still leaving the Democrats with a lead over Republicans, is starting to have an effect. The decline is starting to narrow elections.

President-elect Donald Trump drew 44% of the vote in blue New York to 56% for Vice President Kamala Harris, the highest vote for a Republican candidate in 36 years. Democrats nationwide are sifting through the carnage of losing the White House and both the House and Senate to the GOP. In 2022, Democrat Kathy Hochul won the race for governor by just 6-percentage points — 53%-47% over Republican Lee Zeldin. Zeldin, a former House member, is now Trump’s nominee for Environmental Protection Agency secretary.

In the 2024 presidential election, in neighboring New Jersey, Donald Trump came within five points of Kamala Harris. That's remarkable; in 2024, whether it be due to Donald Trump's populist appeal or the leftward drift of the Democratic Party, New Jersey came close to becoming a swing state.

New Jersey.

New York will remain a blue state, of course, unless things shift a lot more than anyone could imagine. But remember this: As recently as 1984, New York went for a Republican in Ronald Reagan's 49-state landslide. But the shift in New York should still be making Democrats nervous. A small shift could tip the balance of the state legislature, and may even tip the next gubernatorial election if the GOP picks the right candidate.

This Thanksgiving weekend has been cold, with a weather system dropping snow and ice over much of the northeastern United States, but that's not what is sending chills down the spines of Empire State Democrats today.