Good morning hoddlers! Your hoddler-in-chief writes to you late in the evening on this Thanksgiving Day, and goodness is he tired. This was the first time I spent Thanksgiving totally solo. And you know what? I enjoyed it.

Fitzie began the day with a 10K turkey trot, followed by his first slice of pie, then a chat with the family. Then he went to his favourite museum in Washington DC before having a nice sushi lunch with a Guiness while watching the Packers.

A quick 3.5-hour trip brought me to see Wicked: For Good, before supping at my local watering hole with my second slice of pie of the day. And then a final dram of whiskey whilst watching Planes, Trains and Automobiles.

It was a quiet, peaceful day here in DC. And I quite enjoyed being among the leftovers in this transient town. The streets are quieter, the sidewalks and roadways freer, the remaining people a bit more talkative.

I imagine I have one more day of this until the crowd rushes back, and then it’ll be like this until the New Year. Now, though, we also get into Christmas season proper. I normally don’t begin “Christmas season” until 1 December, but why not start this year? Will three extra days really be that much?

So I’m going to start off the Christmas festivities with your first festive Track of the Day. If I could play Last Christmas 25 days in a row I would, but I can’t. So I’ll save it for another day.

Instead, let’s get to Lindsey Buckingham.

Fitzie’s track of the day:Holiday Road, by Lindsey Buckingham

And now for your links:

Alasdair Gold: “Tottenham set for revolution after Thomas Frank has his Mauricio Pochettino moment”

BBC: “’My wife said I’d mess it up’ – O’Neill steers Celtic through choppy waters”