I’m glad that important holidays are handed down from generation to generation. I’m so thankful for those traditions that bind us to the folk who have gone before. This is a re-print of a Thanksgiving Day post I wrote a few years ago.
That special holiday in November is here. I have heard a rumor that a jolly turkey slides down chimneys bringing mince and pumpkin pies and Thanksgiving-themed books for all good children. If this is true, maybe I could give him a few tips on what to leave on the festive table.
This is my favorite Thanksgiving Day book of all time. A Turkey for Thanksgiving by Eve Bunting. Every child needs to hear this at least once a year. Here are a few others that sound mighty tasty.
The Turkey Mystery Rhyme, a short Thanksgiving Day Mystery for Kids by Moe Zilla.
A Catered Thanksgiving A Mystery with Recipes, Book 7) by Isis Crawford;
The Trouble with Turkeys (Zoe Donovan Mystery Book 2) by Kathi Daly;
Turkey Day Murder (Lucy Stone Mysteries Number 7) by Leslie Meier;
Thanksgiving Mayhem (The Dream Home Afternoon Mysteries Book 3) by Kathy Butler.
Sometimes my son and I talk about Thanksgivings Past when all of Mom and Dad’s children and grandchildren would gather at their house in Tahlequah. It was a small house and Mom’s kitchen was small but somehow, everybody fit inside. Nobody had time to feel cramped because everybody was talking and eating and enjoying being together. I am grateful for the family I had and the family I have, and for the friends who have become like family too.
Wherever you are, whether your Thanksgiving dinner is large or small, I hope that you have a really blessed day, thankful for Thanksgivings past and Thanksgiving present and looking forward to Thanksgivings yet to come.
Let’s be grateful for our freedoms and remember to cherish them because without them, everything goes downhill. Our country is the best in the world. I am grateful to God for those who have gone before us and gained our hard-won freedoms. May we refuse to let them go.
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