{"id":2656,"date":"2008-11-24T12:30:00","date_gmt":"2008-11-24T12:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.willclower.com\/blog\/2008\/11\/thanksgiving-week-starts-with-mary-had-a-little-lamb.html"},"modified":"2016-09-21T10:28:00","modified_gmt":"2016-09-21T14:28:00","slug":"thanksgiving-week-starts-with-mary-had-a-little-lamb","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mymedwellness.com\/blog\/?p=2656","title":{"rendered":"Thanksgiving Week starts with &#8220;Mary Had A Little Lamb&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/mlcmmqmgggev.i.optimole.com\/w:auto\/h:auto\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/_HAl9r2q_-j0\/SSqiEuDd-jI\/AAAAAAAABHM\/eoeixwAMPrc\/s1600-h\/MaryHadALittleLamb.jpg\"><img data-opt-id=158456506  fetchpriority=\"high\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5272204515756341810\" style=\"FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 316px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/mlcmmqmgggev.i.optimole.com\/w:auto\/h:auto\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/_HAl9r2q_-j0\/SSqiEuDd-jI\/AAAAAAAABHM\/eoeixwAMPrc\/s320\/MaryHadALittleLamb.jpg?w=735\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<div><a href=\"http:\/\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/_HAl9r2q_-j0\/SSqhrteAPQI\/AAAAAAAABHE\/--jxD0mdR30\/s1600-h\/ThanksgivingFeast.jpg\"><\/a>Throughout Thanksgiving week, we will be talking about our traditions, trivia, and even turkey nutrition.<\/p>\n<p>You may not know this, but had it not been for the author of the poem &#8220;Mary had a little lamb&#8221;, we may not have Thanksgiving at all!!<\/p>\n<p>This person essentially pestered the President with eloquence until she finally got (what I believe is) our best holiday enshrined as a national day.<\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><a href=\"http:\/\/link.history.com\/services\/link\/bcpid1681694254\/bclid1672079702\/bctid1586348651\">Click here to see a perfect description of this chronology, found on this History Channel video.<\/a><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Throughout Thanksgiving week, we will be talking about our traditions, trivia, and even turkey nutrition. 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