I usually reserve this kind of stuff for The Weekend Edition, but if you’re like me, you may have a little extra time on your hands over the next couple of days. Hell, one of my favorite things over the last couple of years has been to spend the day before Thanksgiving lazily getting a head start on the cooking, and drinking coffee while catching up on reading some of my favorite retro bloggers and the like. It’s sort of become a tradition now. So with that in mind, here are some more links for you to enjoy while prepping for the main event.

• A Brief History of Black Friday (Mental Floss)

• 10 Most Memorable Thanksgivng Day Moments in NFL History (Athlon Sports)

• Dinosaur Drac’s Thanksgiving Stuffing Recipe (Dinosaur Dracula)

• The 12 Best Thanksgiving TV Episodes You Can Stream Right Now (Mental Floss)

• When The Macy’s Thanksgiving Parade Doesn’t Go as Planned (The Retro Network)

• Americans Once Celebrated Thanksgiving With Tricks, Treats, and Mayhem (Atlas Obscura)

• Ten Things We Still Don’t Know About Lee Harvey Oswald (Listverse)

• Remember Hickory Farms? (Click Americana)

I hope you find time to visit a few of these links. I’m sure they’ll brighten your day a little bit.