FIREWORKS ON THANKSGIVING?

Traditions grow differently up here in the frozen north.  Our Fourth of July comes during the long daylight hours of the summer, when it just is not dark enough to have a decent fireworks display.  Here on the Kenai Peninsula in South Central Alaska, we have our fireworks display on Thanksgiving, because it's dark enough then to really be able to have a great display, and sometimes nature cooperates with it's own wonderful display of Aurora Borealis. The nights are cold enough, and dark enough that these Northern Lights are just spectacular.

During the fireworks on Thanksgiving, Santa Claus makes his annual trip to the Kenai Peninsula, arriving in a helicopter, much to the delight of the children, bundled up in their snowsuits. The rest of the Thanksgiving tradition in Alaska is the same as everywhere else; families will gather and serve up the turkey and trimmings, and reflect on how much we really have to be thankful for in this great country of ours.