Solemnity of the Immaculate Conception
Holy Day of Obligation on December 8. Click here for Mass schedule.
November 27, 2025
Published November 25, 2025
My dear Kirkland Catholics,
Happy Thanksgiving!
Here is a (satirical) timeline for Thanksgiving from TheOnion.com:
Thanksgiving is one of America’s oldest and most cherished cultural traditions. The Onion looks back at the history of Thanksgiving.
- 1621: First Thanksgiving features the Pilgrims inviting the Wampanoag tribe to dinner and awkwardly asking them what they’ve been up to for the past year.
- 1622: Native Americans begin to understand the Pilgrims’ show of goodwill was sort of a one-time thing.
- 1803: Louisiana Purchase begins the westward expansion of the U.S., setting the stage for generations of Americans to lie that they can’t afford to travel home for Thanksgiving.
- 1863: Abraham Lincoln declares Thanksgiving a national holiday in an attempt to unite a divided country by redirecting everyone’s hatred toward their families.
- 1924: Macy’s hosts its inaugural Thanksgiving Day Parade, debuting the classic balloon staples of Snoopy, Spider-Man, and Homer Simpson.
- 1974: Elementary school teacher Mary Linn stumbles onto crafting gold by asking her students to trace their little hands for turkeys.
- 1980: Bears 23, Lions 17.
- 1990: The first turkey ever pardoned, by President George H.W. Bush in
- 1989, kills a mother and her two children in a drunk-driving accident.
- 2003: Fourth-grader Michael Turner led to believe the Pilgrims and Native Americans really hit it off.
I hope and pray that your Thanksgiving is blessed. I also highly encourage you to join Hallow this Advent; whether you are already in Hallow and simply need to join “Parishes of Kirkland” so that you are connecting into our own prayer campaigns and challenges, or whether you do not have this app or an account, please join the “free” version of the app which has tons of excellent free resources; let’s make this the best Advent ever in terms of growing in Christ and our support and walking with one another.
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With love in Christ,
Fr. Brad