The Vampire League was just beginning to go around the table to say what they were grateful for when Charles and Selena from the Thanksgiving Decorum Committee (TDC) walked into the dining room. They would have arrived earlier, but the castle was enormous.
“May I help you?” Edgar, the head of the Vampire League, said to the pair.
Charles looked around the room and noted three other vampires and five civilians. The civilians seemed unaware that they were in the presence of vampires. Serving the food was Jason, a vampire stand-in and the evening’s waiter.
“We’re from the Thanksgiving Decorum Committee,” Charles said to the room. “We are here to report a violation.”
“You will find our meal to be the most traditional American Thanksgiving,” Regina, the assistant to the head vampire, said. “We have turkey, mashed potatoes and green bean casserole.”
“I also see cranberry sauce,” Selena added, but the way that Regina and Edgar exchanged looks made Selena question that assumption—what else could be cranberry red?
“It’s not the presentation we’re worried about,” Charles said. “It’s using Thanksgiving for other means.”
“What other means?” Jason, the vampire stand-in and waiter, asked.
“This is not a Thanksgiving Dinner,” Selena said. “This is a Fangs Giving Dinner. At least one of your guests is about to be turned into a vampire.”
Gasps erupted from the civilian guests, but Jason reacted most harshly. He turned on Edgar and Regina and started yelling, “You call me in to serve you as vampire stand-in, but you’re going to make someone else a vampire tonight!”
The two vampires sat back in their seats as Jason yelled at them. Charles rushed over to usher the civilians out of the dining room, while Jason shouted at the vampires. As they reached the door, Charles yelled back, “Happy Fangs Giving!”