BARRY COURTER: Lisa, I’m thinking this might be the week I put away the smiling pumpkins and the bite-size candy treats and start thinking about Thanksgiving. That means, of course, that a short time after, it will be time to think about Christmas. I know, I’m old-fashioned that way.
Seriously, the holiday season begins in earnest this week with parades, sales, concerts, sales, caroling and sales.
LISA DENTON: Well, the sales are so you can walk around the mall and work the turkey off your thighs. Of course, you can always get your exercise in before you sit down at the table. There are now three fundraiser 5Ks/walks on Thanksgiving morning.
Besides the Grateful Gobbler Walk for the Chattanooga Regional Homeless Coalition at Coolidge Park and the Turkey Trot for the Kidney Foundation at Sports Barn East, there’s a new one at Chester Frost Park called the Stuffing Strut.
Thanksgiving does seem to be the forgotten holiday, though, with so much Christmas stuff already started.