Actually don I was quite clear
The turkey is food but a necessity as that is how we can have a bonfire. The fire has to be put in a pit that is used for cooking. A code requirement.

The turkey is a traditional food for British Celebrations however, not for guy fawkes. Nothing trad for guy fawkes could be cooked in an earth oven successfully. So it is an exception. The growth of tradition is acceptable. Our tradition for about 24 years.

We do have all of the other recipes represented each year without exception. Even the Caribbean one.

We still have one good turkey farm and that is the largest size.

Of course the goose was important- however, Dickens showing the generosity of Schrooge at the end of the book has him send out for a turkey. Who knows why.

In addition to the turkey we also cook and serve a huge christmas pudding. We do this because we can burn it and because after november 5 we look toward christmas. We always read the unmolding of the pudding passage from the christmas carol. Just our own additions. Just so the additions are not overwealming as they are with certain fusion musicians and singer songwiters then I think of it as comfortable accretion.