If you’re lucky enough to be at a family event with wi-fi availability, you might want to learn a little about the holiday that just made you blow your diet …

About.com has a nice series of links on Thanksgiving, including a fun entry on David Emery’s urban legends blog: "Thanksgiving, De-Mythologized."

They dressed in earth-tones, not black and white. They didn’t wear buckles on their shoes. The "first Thanksgiving" in 1621 — actually a three-day harvest festival held sometime between September 21 and November 11 — was the only one they ever celebrated. Wild turkey, venison, and stewed pumpkin were probably on the menu, but there was no ham, no mashed potatoes, no corn on the cob, or cranberry sauce to be had. And they never, ever called themselves "Pilgrims."

If that gets you hankering for more debunking, head over to Snopes and check out some Thanksgiving and Black Friday urban legends.  (This also provides a few more reasons for the non-U.S. readers to laugh at us.)

Enjoy!