Happy Thanksgiving!

Happy Thanksgiving Everyone!

all pictures via pinterest

I looked up some facts about Thanksgiving that some of you might or might not know.

• They do not have an equivalent celebration in the UK. In the words of Erin Hunter/Vicky: "Happy Thanksgiving to my American Clanmates! We don't have an equivalent celebration here in the UK, which always seems a shame to me. I envy your pre-Christmas feasting and family get-together; plus, I love pumpkin pie and that's as rare as...a gentle word from Yellowfang?...around here."
  
•  We would NOT have Thanksgiving if it wasn't for a woman named Sarah Hale. People started ignoring Thanksgiving, and in the West (oh, this is during the Civil War time) they didn't even know what it was. =( Sarah wrote lots of letters and asked people for help to make Thanksgiving a national holiday! She also wrote the nursery rhyme, "Mary Has A Little Lamb," not that you needed to know. =)
  
  
  
   Sarah Hale
   
• In 1939, President Roosevelt proclaimed that Thanksgiving would take place on November 23rd, not November 30th, as a way to spur economic growth and extend the Christmas shopping season. =) via 

 What are some other cool Thanksgiving facts that I didn't list?  Wow, that sounded really dorky. Whatever. =P

Happy Thanksgiving!

♥ Purple Pixie

Home-Made Tortilla Chips Recipe

I would like to share a recipe on home-made tortilla chips!
Ingredients:
Tortillas (as many as you want - each tortilla makes eight chips)
Cooking Oil
Any kind of topping:
Cinnamon and Sugar
Garlic Powder (my favorite!)
Other. . .
Tools:
Plate
Oven
Blunt (not that sharp) Knife
Cutting Board
Cookie Sheet
Directions:

1.  Preheat oven to 375 on bake.
2. Cut as many tortillas as you want into eighths. This means cut in half, cut each half in half, and then all in half again.
3. Spray cookie sheets with oil, and place the tortilla pieces on it.
4. Put in oven, and set timer to 15 minutes, or until the chips are crispy.
5. Have an adult help you take the cookie sheet out of the oven.
6. Spray the chips with the oil, and sprinkle the topping on the chips.
7. Place chips onto plate.
8. Enjoy!

I love these chips, and so does my family! I hope you like them too!
♥ Purple Pixie ♥