爱丽丝餐厅:这是感恩节音乐的传统

爱丽丝餐厅:这是感恩节音乐的传统

Thanksgiving is full of traditions. With a few exceptions, the food on my Thanksgiving table looks almost exactly like the food that was on my parent's Thanksgiving table year after year. It's tradition. When my son was 3 years old, he made paper pilgrims and Native Americans in the shape of paper drumsticks at school. I proudly taped them onto the china cabinet. The next year, he found them and taped them back up. Voila — tradition.

感恩节充满了传统。除了少数例外，我感恩节餐桌上的食物看起来几乎和我父母每年感恩节餐桌上的食物一模一样。这是传统。我儿子3岁的时候，他在学校里用纸做了朝圣者和印第安人。我自豪地把它们粘在瓷器柜子上。第二年，他找到了它们，并把它们粘了起来。瞧——传统。

Arlo Guthrie's famous album is a Thanksgiving Day tradition. (Photo: Wikimedia Commons)

One of my favorite Thanksgiving traditions is the music I listen to when I cook.

我最喜欢的感恩节传统之一就是我做饭时听的音乐。

There are two CDs that I listen to while preparing food on the night before Thanksgiving. The first is George Winston's "Autumn." The second, and go ahead and chuckle, is the soundtrack to "When Harry Met Sally." At some point, it became tradition for my mom and me to listen to it while doing prep work.

有两张cd是我在感恩节前夜准备食物时听的。第一张是乔治·温斯顿的《秋天》。第二张是《当哈利遇到莎莉》的配乐。从某种程度上说，我妈妈和我在做准备工作的时候听这首歌成了一种传统。

The greatest musical tradition comes on Thanksgiving Day around noon. That's when I and millions of other Americans tune into local radio stations to hear Arlo Guthrie's "Alice's Restaurant" — all 18-plus minutes of it.

最伟大的音乐传统出现在感恩节中午左右。那时，我和数百万美国人一起收听当地电台的阿罗·格思里的《爱丽丝餐厅》)——总共18多分钟。

Why is this rambling song a Thanksgiving tradition? Well, as we learn in the beginning of the song, "it all started two Thanksgivings ago, was on — two years ago on Thanksgiving." From there the fun really begins.

为什么这首漫无边际的歌会成为感恩节的传统呢?嗯，正如我们在这首歌的开头所了解到的，“这一切都开始于两个感恩节之前，是在——两年前的感恩节。”从那里，乐趣才真正开始。

If you've never listened to this song on Thanksgiving, I suggest you give it a try. You'll probably end up making it one of your Thanksgiving traditions, too.

如果你从未在感恩节听过这首歌，我建议你试一试。你可能最终也会把它变成你的感恩节传统之一。

And hey, if you're still looking for a stuffing recipe at this late date, you can find one from Alice herself (the song is based on a true story). It's taken from "Alice's Restaurant Cookbook."

嘿，如果你现在还在寻找填料的食谱，你可以从爱丽丝那里找到(这首歌是根据真实故事改编的)。这句话摘自《爱丽丝的餐厅食谱》。

Whether your holiday involves listening to this classic or not, I hope you all have a wonderful, blessed Thanksgiving.

无论你的假期是否包括听这首经典歌曲，我希望你们都有一个美好的，幸福的感恩节。