LOL, I LOVE sauerkraut! But then I'm half German, half Bohemian. Thanksgiving, Christmas, and Easter just aren't right without it.
In Pennsylvania, we eat kraut with pork on New Year's Day. Grocery stores here are full of pork and sauerkraut around New Year's. Pigs root ahead which is why we eat pork rather than something like chicken (a chicken scratches backwards when it eats). Pennsylvanians will definitely survive avian flu if it arrives after Christmas.
MMMMMMMMMMM spareribs and sauerkraut, the best dish ever.