{"id":37318,"date":"2023-11-17T12:17:47","date_gmt":"2023-11-17T20:17:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/travelingboy.com\/travel\/?p=37318"},"modified":"2024-02-12T10:11:40","modified_gmt":"2024-02-12T18:11:40","slug":"holiday-musings","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/travelingboy.com\/travel\/holiday-musings\/","title":{"rendered":"Beatles and Other Things"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Opxhh9Oh3rg\" title=\"The Beatles - Now And Then (Official Music Video)\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen=\"\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/travelingboy.com\/travel\/pilgrimages-sacred-destinations\/\" target=\"_blank\">Pilgrimages and Sacred Destinations<\/a><\/li><li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/newrepublic.com\/article\/176877\/trump-vermin-speech-nazi-language\" target=\"_blank\">It\u2019s Official: Trump Is Now Using Straight-up Nazi Talk<\/a><\/li><li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.britannica.com\/place\/Red-Sea\" target=\"_blank\">Red Sea | Middle East, Marine Ecosystems &amp; Geology<\/a><\/li><li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/southern-cassowary-queensland-australia-bingil-bay\/\" target=\"_blank\">Video shows &#8220;world&#8217;s most dangerous bird&#8221; emerging from ocean, stunning onlookers<\/a><\/li><li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.independent.co.uk\/news\/world\/australasia\/shark-attack-south-australia-b2446329.html\" target=\"_blank\">Woman recovering after she was bitten in the face by great white shark<\/a><\/li><li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.almanac.com\/thanksgiving-day#:~:text=How%20Did%20the%20Pilgrims%20Come%20to%20Settle%20Here%3F\" target=\"_blank\">What You Need to Know about Thanksgiving in America<\/a><\/li><li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.almanac.com\/content\/ways-canadian-thanksgiving-differs-american-thanksgiving\" target=\"_blank\">4 Ways Canadian Thanksgiving Differs From U.S.A.&#8217;s<\/a><\/li><li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.smithsonianmag.com\/smart-news\/hadrians-wall-damaged-by-sycamore-gap-tree-felling-180983243\/\" target=\"_blank\">Hadrian\u2019s Wall Damaged by Sycamore Gap Tree Felling, Inspection Confirms<\/a><\/li><li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/travelingboy.com\/travel\/fall-bounty-inland-northwest\/\" target=\"_blank\">Fall Bounty in the Inland Northwest<\/a><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"346\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/travelingboy.com\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/TwainQuote104-346x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-37319\" srcset=\"https:\/\/travelingboy.com\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/TwainQuote104-346x1024.jpg 346w, https:\/\/travelingboy.com\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/TwainQuote104.jpg 360w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 346px) 100vw, 346px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Thanksgiving Day became a habit, for the reason that in the course of time, as the years drifted on, it was perceived that the exterminating had ceased to be mutual and was all on the white man&#8217;s side, consequently on the Lord&#8217;s side; hence it was proper to thank the Lord for it and extend the usual annual compliments.<br>&#8211;&nbsp;<em>Autobiography of Mark Twain, Volume 1<\/em>&nbsp;(University of California Press, 2010)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Pilgrimages and Sacred DestinationsIt\u2019s Official: Trump Is Now Using Straight-up Nazi TalkRed Sea | Middle East, Marine Ecosystems &amp; GeologyVideo shows &#8220;world&#8217;s most dangerous bird&#8221; emerging from ocean, stunning onlookersWoman recovering after she was bitten in the face by great white sharkWhat You Need to Know about Thanksgiving in America4 Ways Canadian Thanksgiving Differs From &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":37329,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7065],"tags":[77,4737,193,866],"class_list":["post-37318","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-ten-clicks","tag-beatles","tag-middle-east","tag-thanksgiving","tag-trump"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.9 - 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