Ken Graham: FROM THE PUBLISHER

This is likely to be the last copy of The Times you’ll see before Thanksgiving, so we thought we’d give you some things to think about as you head into the 2015 holiday season:

According to CNN.com, TV dinners were invented in 1953 when Swansons had 26 tons of frozen turkeys left over after Thanksgiving that year. (And you thought you had a lot of leftovers!) Someone had the bright idea of slicing them up and wrapping them in foil, with trimmings.

The day before Thanksgiving has the most liquor sales of the year.

The day after Thanksgiving is the busiest day of the year for…plumbers. Makes sense to me.

The first Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade took place in New York City in 1924. The Gimbels Department Store started holding a Thanksgiving Day parade four years earlier. The first Macy’s parade featured animals from the Central Park Zoo. And no, they didn’t float in the air.

The Detroit Lions have hosted a football game every Thanksgiving day since 1934, except during the years of World War II. This Thanksgiving, the Lions, who are currently 2-7, host the Philadelphia Eagles, currently 4-5. The Lions upset the Packers on Sunday, so it could be an interesting game. Also on Thanksgiving this year, the Dallas Cowboys host the Carolina Panthers and the Green Bay Packers host the Chicago Bears. These will be good - don’t eat too much and fall asleep. Okay, back to the list.

At the first Thanksgiving, the Pilgrims probably ate lobster and goat.

It’s unlikely that Pilgrims actually wore big buckles.

There’s more tryptophan in soybeans and parmesan cheese than there is in turkey. The reason you get tired after Thanksgiving dinner is because you eat too much.

The Pilgrims didn’t invent green bean casserole. It was created by Campbells Soup Company in the 1960s to help sell cream of mushroom soup.

We wish all of our readers a very Happy Thanksgiving. And we hope you’ll take a few moments between the food and the football to give thanks for all the special things (and people) in your life.