Barbara Allenbrand

Turkey Carols: Holiday Songs to Fill the Heart After You've Filled the Stomach Barbara Allenbrand

It all started innocently enough. Again the LaFont family wouldmeet in the basement of Richmond Community Church to celebrateThanksgiving. With Dad and Mom, their four grown daughters andtheir families, the mob was more than any one house could hold. After enjoying a delicious meal we began to search for something to dobut this year no one was interested in board games. WithChristmas music playing in the background, Glenna, the eldest sister,remarked that it was a shame that Christmas was the only holiday withit's own music. And with that innocent statement, Turkey Carolingcame into being. Using traditional Christmas Carol tunes, Thanksgiving words were set to music. And thus a tradition wasborn!