Many people are worried that the current political miasma will translate to awkward and combative conversations with relatives over the annual Thanksgiving feast. Thanksgiving, they fret, might be ruined.
These people are obviously not Detroit Lions fans, who are used to having their holiday ruined. Longtime supporters of the most hapless football team in pro-sports history have feared an apocalyptic Thanksgiving every year for decades. Speaking for us forlorn and desperate Lions lifers, there's always the fear that a loss will make the turkey taste like bitter defeat, the yams will have the textural consistency of Joey Harrington's game-worn socks and the pumpkin pie will be as undercooked as the offensive game plan.