Ah, the best time of the year: A four-day weekend yawns in front of America, as do an assortment of drinks. This college student tries to assess why people drink so much on Thanksgiving Eve. The writer totally misses the reason and is rather vulgar, but there's some funny stuff in there.
Why is tonight the biggest drinking night of the year? Because the stars align: it's the start of a four-day weekend, you're seeing friends you don't see as much as you'd like, you feel thankful, the holidays are beginning but this particular one doesn't call for holy sobriety, the kids are home, there's nothing to do outside, there hasn't been a celebratory holiday in months. Am I missing any aligned stars? Feel free to put them in the comments box.
How appropriate that Casablanca premiered on this date in 1942. Bogart was a heavy drinker (see this link for humorous drinking bio).
Strasser: "What's your nationality?"
Rick: "I'm a drunkard."
Now get out there and drink a few.
