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[[File:Thanksgiving-Brownscombe.PNG|400px|thumb|left|''The First Thanksgiving. Not pictured: working physicians, nurses, and other medical staff.'']]
'''Thanksgiving''' is an annual holiday in the United States typically held on the fourth Thursday in November, and it is marked by the presence of turkey and the absence of medical providers who are stuck working in the hospital.<ref>[http://gomerblog.com/2013/11/thanksgiving/ Hospital Workers Can’t Think of Any Other Place They’d Rather Be on Thanksgiving Day]</ref> An exception to this rule are (1) students, who are specifically sent home in order to diagnose family members; and (2) hospital administrators, who deserve a break from all that administrating.<ref>[http://gomerblog.com/2014/11/medical-students/ Medical and Nursing Students Return Home This Thanksgiving Ready to Diagnose Their Families]</ref><ref>[http://gomerblog.com/2014/11/hospital-administrators/ Bold Hospital Planning on Operating Over Thanksgiving Weekend Without Hospital Administrators]</ref> The holiday celebrates when the Pilgrims came to North American America in 1621, and were scheduled for overnight call, and thus completely missed missing dinner with the Native Americans. The spirit of Thanksgiving is quickly forgotten the next day when everyone tries to kill one another on [[Black Friday]].<ref>[http://gomerblog.com/2016/11/black-blue-friday/ ACEP Renames Black Friday “Black & Blue Friday]</ref> A similar holiday is held on the second Monday of October in Canada.
'''Carving the Turkey'''
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In the event a surgeon is able to attend Thanksgiving, he or she should never be allowed to carve the turkey; it always ends up butchered with everyone questioning the surgeon's career choice.<ref>[http://gomerblog.com/2013/11/turkey/ Surgeon Struggles to Carve Turkey at Thanksgiving]</ref>