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Once upon a time Thanksgiving Day was an orgie conducted in honor of that national bird , the turkey . In these happier days , in every live community , the turkey must wait until the football game has been fought out . Then the adherents of one eleven eat crow . Gridley 's great game of the year was scheduled to begin at three o'clock . However , a large part of the fun , at a really `` big '' game consists in being on hand an hour ahead of time and hearing and seeing all the fun that goes on . Promptly at the tick of two o'clock the Gridley Band blew its first blast , to the tune of `` Hail , Columbia ! '' The band was stationed close to the ground , in the center of the stand reserved for the High School student body .