Happy Thanksgiving from Nicks Towing Service, Inc.
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The first Thanksgiving was celebrated more than 300 years ago after a successful harvest. The Pilgrims were thankful for surviving a long and brutal New England winter, and for having enough food to feed their families. Today, we celebrate by gathering with friends and family, eating good food, watching football and the Thanksgiving Day Parade on television and sharing what we are thankful for. We are thankful that we have a roof over our heads and good food to eat in this often uncertain economy. We are thankful for our families, both at home and the one we share here at NTS. We are thankful that we have such
wonderful friends and colleagues like you that are right next to us in good and bad times.
God bless you and your family,
Nick Testa
President
Ode To An Old Friend
The holidays have a way of making us think of the past, so we thought this recent job would be in the spirit of the season. Al Francis from Al's Exxon owned this 1960 B42 Mack wrecker for many years. It was his first big wrecker more than 35 years ago. It has a Holmes W45 wrecker body and a gas engine. It was sold to a gentleman to be restored to its former glory. He had us load it onto his step deck trailer for transport to his facility to be revived.
November is Alzheimer's Awareness Month
Alzheimer's Disease Facts and Figures 2013
Our vision is a world without Alzheimer's.
Formed in 1980, the Alzheimer's Association advances research to end Alzheimer's and dementia while enhancing care for those living with the disease. Please consider a donation this month of "Thanks" and "giving".
Gobble Tov!
This year's early Hanukkah on Thanksgiving Day is a rare event. The last time it happened was 1888. The lunisolar nature of the Jewish calendar makes Hanukkah and other religious observances appear to drift slightly from year to year when compared to the U.S., or Gregorian, calendar. But much of the intrigue over Hanukkah this year is buried deep in the history of Thanksgiving itself, which hasn't always been fixed in the same spot. That caused some initial confusion over Thanksgivukkah, aka Turkukkah.
In 1863, Lincoln declared Thanksgiving as the last Thursday in November (the month sometimes has five of those) and the holiday remained there until President Franklin D. Roosevelt signed a joint resolution of Congress fixing it as the fourth Thursday, starting in 1942.
Since 1863, Thanksgiving and the first full day of Hanukkah on the Gregorian calendar have not overlapped. Jewish practice calls for the first candle of eight-day Hanukkah to be lit the night before Thanksgiving Day this year, so technically Thanksgivukkah falls on the "second candle" night.
Quote of the Month
Thanksgiving Day comes, by statute, once a year; to the honest man it comes as frequently as the heart of gratitude will allow.
