CDHM The Miniature Way iMag, Food Article, November 2010, Issue 10

CDHM The Miniature Way
November 2010, Issue 10
Foods In Miniature
Page 56

Continue Cooking Thanksgiving Dinner

CDHM artisan Nathalie Gireaud of Provence Miniatures makes 1:12 scale foods for the dollhouse miniature collector The custom soon spread throughout the various states and in 1817 New York State adopted Thanksgiving Day as an annual event. By the time the middle of the 19th century arrived many other states were also celebrating a Thanksgiving Day. So in 1863 President Abraham Lincoln, more than 200 years after the Pilgrim's celebration, appointed a national day of Thanksgiving. IGMA Fellow Linda Cummings 1/12 dolls house scale miniatures foods

CDHM artisan Stephanie Kilgast of Petit Plat Miniatures makes 1:12 scale foods for the dollhouse miniature collector

Since then each president has issued a Thanksgiving Day proclamation, usually designating the fourth Thursday in November as the holiday.

An article from me just wouldn't be the same without the history lesson, now would it?

The turkey is synonymous with Thanksgiving celebrations so it's only fitting that 256 million of the birds are raised! Turkey Day just wouldn't be right without the turkey now would it?