If you doubt what I'm about to tell you, then just go out on Wednesday night, the night before Thanksgiving, and tell me what you see being ordered more than other bar offerings.

The Wednesday night before Thanksgiving is traditionally known by a couple of different names like " Drinksgiving " and " Blackout Wednesday ," so that should be the perfect opportunity to be a drinking observer...or gleeful participant.

The tradition of heavy drinking on the night before Thanksgiving dates back several decades, though it wasn’t always called “Blackout Wednesday.” It grew out of a mix of factors like college students returning home for the holiday, friends and family gathering in their hometowns, and the general fact that the day before a major holiday is one of the few times people feel the

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