Thursday, Mar. 17, 2011

Thanksgiving Eve

Whether trying to assuage extended-family awkwardness or celebrating a reunion with hometown friends, revelers find plenty of reasons for drinking on Thanksgiving Eve. One of the biggest bar nights of the year, it finds pub owners stocking extra kegs and Wild Turkey Rye. Unfortunately, all that merrymaking has a downside: Thanksgiving consistently ranks among the days with the highest alcohol-related traffic fatalities.