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Friday, November 28, 2025

While there's certainly no shortage of Christmas songs on the radio this time of year, dedicated Thanksgiving tunes are pretty hard to come by.

In fact, most people can only think of one song that's truly considered a Thanksgiving tradition ... and it's not really about the holiday at all.

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Inspired by a real-life event on Thanksgiving Day, 1965, Arlo Guthries "Alice's Restaurant" (the song's full name is actually "Alice's Restaurant Massacree") was released in 1967, and in the years since, it's become a custom for radio stations across the country to play the nearly 19-minute-long song in the middle of the day on Thanksgiving.

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"But the tune, which tells the hilarious, rambling tale of how a teenaged Guthrie (son of Woody Guthrie) was arrested for littering on Thanksgiving Day, making him ineligible for the Vietnam War draft, is more of an anti-war anthem than a celebration of turkey and stuffing.

So how did it become a holiday favorite?"

(only the article knows!)

#1 | Posted by Corky at 2025-11-28 11:38 AM | Reply

Every fucking year my sister in-law.

Enough is enough.

#2 | Posted by LegallyYourDead at 2025-11-28 11:58 AM | Reply

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