Well the gallbladder exists to bolus large quantities of bile to digest excessive amounts of fats when you eat large amounts of it at one time.
A lot of people have gallstones in their gallbladder that just hang out until they eat a large fatty meal and then the stones get stuck in the neck of the gallbladder when it contracts strongly. There's hardly a time in the year when your gallbladder works harder than after a Thanksgiving feast.
Thus the ER tradition of gallstones on Thanksgiving night. Tis' a magical season.
CM
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