they were trying to raise enough enthusiasm to have a combination thanksgiving celebration and a surprise birthday dinner for janet.-johnnys mothers birthday was november twenty-eighth and thanksgiving this year would be on the twenty-seventh.-so it shouldnt be a big problem to surprise janet a day early on thanksgiving.-maybe that would lift everybodys spirits.-wilhelmina would be coming down from frankfort , too , and that should add to the festive aura.-now if they could just have some snow shall we have thanksgiving here or at my house ?