Thanksgiving is sandwiched between two holidays that have become more and more commercially oriented throughout the years. Halloween is getting bigger and bigger with decorations and candy and costumes being big seller, and before all of that is gone Christmas is everywhere. Merchants have shelves stocked with ornaments and trees and gift items long before Halloween is a memory and sometimes even before it has passed.
Call me silly or odd or eccentric, but my motto has become “Don’t Skip Thanksgiving”. I love thinking about time spent with family over the years, celebrating Thanksgiving with a huge meal and lots of conversation and laughter. Time spent in church, singing songs like “we gather together to ask the Lord’s blessings…” or in school music class learning “over the river and through the woods, to grandmother’s house we go” bring special feelings of joy and connection for me. There are so many blessings to remember; so much to be thankful for. I just can’t enjoy the Christmas season until I’ve taken time to enjoy a proper Thanksgiving. It’s much too important to ignore.
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