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We have Christmas songs (“Silent Night”, “Santa Claus is Comin’ to Town”), Easter songs (“Here Comes Peter Cottontail”) and even a few Halloween songs (“Monster Mash”, etc.) but I was scratching my head this morning trying to think if there are any popular Thanksgiving songs.

I knew there was a song that mentioned pumpkin pie, and then it dawned on me: Arlo Guthrie’s 1967 folk song, “Alice’s Restaurant”.

“Alice’s Restaurant” could possibly be one of the longest songs in history (I think it’s over 20 minutes long), which is why you don’t hear the full-length version on the radio much.

Still, Thanksgiving is the central theme to this song. The song also inspired the 1969 movie of the same name. Turn on your radio this Thanksgiving while you’re making your stuffing— it’s the one day of the year you may actually hear this song.

Happy Thanksgiving!

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