VOLUME 32, NUMBER 13 THURSDAY, November 16, 2000
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Home (Pages) for the Holidays

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Thanksgiving traditions are great, but if you're looking to start some new ones or just to enhance the tried and true, check these Web sites for ideas.

"Thanksgiving on the Net" http://www.holidays.net/thanksgiving/ provides historical perspective in addition to a multitude of recipes for turkey, stuffing, side dishes, desserts and leftovers. Do-it-yourselfers will find easy instructions for several crafts and home decoration projects, and children can click on "Goodies" for some animations and pictures to print and color. High-tech touches include Thanksgiving e-greeting cards that you can send to family and friends, and holiday music that you can play if you download the MIDI plug-in. There's also a Web directory featuring dozens of additional educational, recreational and culinary Thanksgiving-related links.

"BlackDog's Thanksgiving Fun & Games" at http://blackdog.net/holiday/thanks/index.html and "Grand Turkey Hunt" at http://users.intercomm.com/greg/turkey/ have lots of entertaining silliness for kids of all ages.

"A Bounty of Holiday Ideas at the Library" http://www.gbalc.org/thanksgiving.htm is a collection of Thanksgiving Web sites selected by California's Greater Bay Area Library Council. Several of the links go to turkey purveyors, such as http://www.honeysucklewhite.com and http://www.butterball.com that, despite their commercialism, offer practical advice on preparation, cooking methods, carving instructions and enough recipes for a veritable feast, even if you omit the bird. There also are Thanksgiving-themed sites from online magazines, such as Better Homes & Gardens, Bon App‚tit, Good Housekeeping and Gourmet. Other specialty sites aim at accommodating vegetarians and diabetics, recommending food safety tips and advising about what wine to serve with turkey. Several online essays and children's stories offer fitting reminders of how much we have to be thankful for.

After Thanksgiving, be sure to check out "Holidays on the Net" at http://www.holidays.net/ for other celebrations throughout the year. Chanukah, Christmas and Kwanzaa will be here before you know it!

-Will Hepfer and Nancy Schiller, University Libraries

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