~from my home to yours~

Let us give thanks for the people in our lives and thanks to God for putting them there!

This year, as you gather with family and friends to give thanks, take a moment to reflect on how important each of them are to you. All too often, the activities, challenges and rituals of every day life distract us from remembering just how much family and friends mean to us. Family and friends ARE love and perhaps there is no greater blessing than this!

What traditions do you practice in your home? Our traditions have changed so much over the last few years since we get transferred around and are not by family anymore. So last year, after moving to Pennysylvania, we started a new set of Thanksgiving traditions. We have family members make the four hour drive to our home. We chose to have them do this over Thanksgiving because most of them have a four day weekend for the holiday.

In our home, football blares from the tv, the table is set in a festive autumn theme, and we dress in our comfy clothes so we can EAT all we want! We smoke our turkey now in a smoker on the patio (mmm...hickory taste!) instead of roasting it in the oven. While the turkey cooks we have a variety of appetizers to tide us over to the late afternoon feast.

Remember to count the blessings in your life and take time throughout the year to express your thankfulness and appreciation...as everyday should be a day of thanks.

Here's wishing you and your family a very blessed and happy Thanksgiving.

FUN THANKSGIVING LINKS

Thanksgiving fun

Kid's Domain-Thanksgiving and more

BillyBear4Kids.com-Holiday fun

THANKSGIVING FACTS

There's No Place Like Home For The Holidays

Fun Thanksgiving Tidbits

Source: The Reno-Gazette Journal, November 5, 1997

300 million turkey are raised eached year. 45 million of them are eaten at Thanksgiving time.

91% of Americans eat turkey on Thanksgiving.

Each year, one turkey is sent to the White House where the President grants clemency upon the life of the turkey and sends the turkey to a farm to continue living out its life.

Graphics Credits

Turkey animation and Indian/turkey animation by Katie Wiant (c)19999
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(Katie is a fellow computer graphics classmate of mine.)

Leaveline animation by me~ Susanne B (c) 1999 May be used with copyright info on same page.

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