On the Edge of Common Sense

How do you explain Thanksgiving to a 3 year old?

“A long time ago...”

“Yesterday?”

“No, more than yesterday. A bunch of people came in a big boat...”

“Pirates?”

“No, good guys and mamas and babies...”

“And boys, too?”

“Yup, and boys, too. But when they got in the woods they were hungry but they didn’t know what to eat.”

“And they had bears in the woods, and tigers.”

“Probably, but they didn’t see...