Ah.. I am reminded of my German teacher in college! He told of spending a couple years in Germany as an exchange professor. Came the holidays, they wondered if they could find a turkey to remind them of home. Went to the local butcher shop.
"Yes," said the butcher, "we don't get many requests, but I can special order you a turkey.. if you don't mind if it's frozen."
Fine, they said, so 3 days before Christmas they went to the shop to get their turkey. It was frozen, just as promised.... not cleaned and plucked... just frozen after it's head was removed.

   If I remember correctly, turkey dinner was a couple days late as they worked out how to defrost the bird, scald it, pluck it, clean it and finally cook it.