Thanksgiving Dinner - Pumpkin Pie!

I didn't know Dinah Shore had a position on the presence of pumpkin pie on the Thanksgiving table. One thing is clear, she's not aware pumpkin is squash, but we're getting into the weeds here because what the spokeswoman for Birds Eye is trying to do is sell you on the idea you can make your pumpkin pie with plain old yellow squash. Never tried it and I'm pretty sure I never will. I do dig the lecherous cat, though.

A Little Christmas Music - The Merry Christmas Polka (Dinah Shore)

Dinah Shore, darling of Chevrolet in the 50's achieved fame as a big band singer, an actress on the big screen, and as hostess of variety shows on the small screen. I have an unusual fascination with the polka, so much so that I forced my poor wife to learn the dance and play victim to my poor rendition of it every Oktoberfest. But the biergarten is closed and we're into the yuletide season and it's time to trot out a different, more Fezziwig kind of polka. So, here's Dinah and The Merry Christmas Polka.