geebs | (no subject)

Watching yet another version of A Christmas Carol, this one with Captain Picard, I realize the whole prize turkey thing on Christmas morning bugs me. Yeah, its a nice gesture to the Cratchet family, since they're poor and have nothing to eat, and suddenly they're getting this big-ass turkey. But don't those things take a long time to cook? Particularly since its the biggest turkey available in town?! So basically Mrs. Cratchet has to spend all day cooking that thing? That's kinda rude! This version's even more amusing, because it hadn't even been plucked yet, so in addition to the cooking time, they have to like de-feather and skin it and all that jazz!