The occupy movement, if you can call it that, has been making headlines around the world. What started as Occupy Wall Street has spread to occupy all over the place. The movement is made up of many different groups with many different goals.

The newest occupy movement has brought together a cadre or groups of which I was not aware. While other occupy movements have on focused on corporate greed, the Occupy Thanksgiving movement is all about the food.

The centerpiece of Occupy Thanksgiving is the PETA organization, People Eating Turkey Again. This group insists that the turkey must be eaten at Thanksgiving.

In fact, they advocate people cook the biggest bird that will fit in their ovens, so there will be leftovers for weeks to come. For these traditionalists, nothing but the traditional turkey and trimmings will do.

An organization closely aligned with PETA is the Stuffing Institute. This is an academic research organization dedicated to finding as many different ways to make stuffing as possible. From oyster, cornbread and herb to White Castle, popcorn and Makers Mark, this group is out to collect as many stuffing recipes as possible. The group is, however, having an internal debate on whether it is better to cook the stuffing in the bird or outside.

A group in the Occupy Thanksgiving movement with corporate ties is the GBCA, the Green Been Casserole Alliance. (This group may be sponsored by Del Monte, Campbell’s Soup and French’s French Fried Onions.) Thanksgiving is the only time of the year these three products get endcap displays at the grocery store.

One of the largest groups, in numbers, supporting the Occupy Thanksgiving concept is the WLOP, We Love Our Pies. This group feels that everything can be said better with pie. A liberal group, they advocate not only traditional pumpkin but also about any kind of pie you can name. What makes this group truly radical, however, is that they advocate multiple pies at a meal.

The NAP group advocates a nap after pie. Personally, this is the group with which I can identify. There is, however, a rival organization that has spring up, FAT, which advocates football after turkey.

Despite all their differences, the Occupy Thanksgiving groups all agree on where they occupy: around the table, of course. This week this movement will occupy millions of dinner tables across America.

Instead of slogans, conversation will be what is heard. If there is any grumbling about corporate greed, it will be in regards to the retail stores that are starting their Black Friday sales on Thanksgiving Day.

No matter if you are part of the Occupy Thanksgiving effort or not, this week gather around a table with food, family and friends and give thanks.

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