The BEST turkeys are VIRTUAL turkeys!

my partner in everything, Dylan, is my hero- and he doesn't even know it.

i've spent the last 2 Thanksgiving Holidays trying to "wrangle" 200 turkeys to earn my own turkey pet in Bushwhacker (a Facebook app).  to my huge dissapointment, i've come up JUST short two years in a row.

Dylan somehow secretly managed to get all 200 turkeys, win the turkey pet, AND convince the game developers to give ME his turkey.
the surprise virtual turkey was in my inventory when i played Bushwhacker this past Monday, and i'm still ecstatic beyond words.

you may think this is all silly.  that it's just a free game and i'm completely over-reacting; but i diagree.
as Society works to turn the Winter Holidays into perfectly commercialized money generators, i grow less and less enchanted with the "magic" of the season.
the stress (emotional and financial) of the Holidays can easily overwhelm me.

Dylan has reminded me of the true spirit of the season- his gift cost him time and effort: the e-mail to the game developers was 3 pages long, not to mention the hours spent catching cartoon turkeys hiding in bushes.  there's nothing he could ever give me that could make me feel more loved than that.

that's me & the BEST turkey EVER!

but i'm not the only one who received a "gift"- Dylan inspired the game developers to participate in his gesture of generosity.  to me, THAT is the true meaning of the Holidays: acts of goodwill that inspire others to acts of goodwill.

i know not everyone wants a virtual turkey pet as much as i did, but as we approach the coldest, darkest time of the calendar year, i hope everyone's mid-Winter Holidays can be filled with illuminating and noble gestures of generosity.