When it comes to
holidays Thanksgiving Day is by far my very favorite one. It always has been and for a load of
different reasons. For one there is the
food and because I love to cook and feed people Thanksgiving Day is right up my
alley. I usually start cooking the night
before by baking pies and brining the turkey.
Then the next day I'm up early preparing homemade dinner rolls and get
stuff ready to put in the oven.
I take my time and
set a pretty table with my grandma's lace tablecloth and china and my great
grandmas silver. I have a cut crystal
bowl that belonged to my other grandma that I use as well as many other family
pieces that make their way onto my table.
It is a really special day for me.
We play games, work
puzzles, watch movies from our DVD collection or play music, talk, laugh and
visit. Anyone is welcome to join us, we
can always make room. It is a time to
relax and just focus on the day itself and reflect on all we have to be
grateful for. And believe me, we ALL
have a lot to give thanks for.
I hope all of you have
a very blessed Thanksgiving tomorrow and are surrounded by love and really good
food. And for those of you outside the
U.S. that aren't celebrating Thanksgiving I wish you a wonderful day as well.
It's my favorite holiday too. I have loved it since I was a child, particularly Thanksgiving Eve. I loved the half day of school, crunching leaves (or sometimes squeaking snow) as I walked home before noon, to come home to a house that my mother had cleaned, with a table she had started laying with her gorgeous China, and the beginnings of the aromas of dinner to waft from the kitchen. As my siblings started leaving for college, it was really special to me, representing the first time I had seen them since August.
ReplyDeleteI refuse to call this anything other than "Thanksgiving." I can't even type the other "T" word this holiday gets called. Happy Thanksgiving. Thank you for such an enjoyable blog.
Oh Meg, those are such wonderful memories. I have pumpkin pie baking in the oven as I am reading this. Thank you for sharing. Happy Thanksgiving. Enjoy your special day!
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