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Here is a whole day dedicated to giving thanks and remembering our blessings. What gratitudes or traditions do you have to share today?
 

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0 #57 Our dinnersuqui1122 12-07-2009 14:15
 
We began our dinner with a prayer of gratitude of course. However, it was when my son-in-law clapped his hands, spread his arms and shouted out his gratitude did his gestures and idea caught on and all 12 of us did the same. We were laughing until we were crying. We were surrounded by gratitude and the air was just electric with the positive energy that our gratitude proclomations brought forth. Loved it!!!
 
 
0 #56 familyskfairman 12-01-2009 20:42
 
I'm thankful we were able to travel to NC this year to visit my in-laws. We haven't been there for about three years. It felt great to be back.
 
 
0 #55 Family & friendsCarolLeavitt 12-01-2009 16:47
 
I'm grateful that this Thanksgiving I have 13 people at my table -- family and friends from all over. It's particularly enriching to provide this bounteous dinner for a lady from Russia, who has been in the U.S. for only three months and doesn't know the American Thanksgiving tradition. We will have her stand with us before eating and give thanks for one thing in her life - as we all do at my table on Thanksgiving!
 
 
0 #54 Thanksgivingtcg09 12-01-2009 14:56
 
I was grateful to be able to share the day with my husband, daughter, mom, brother, sister in law and her family.
 
 
0 #53 Baking traditionsbreak46 12-01-2009 10:49
 
Baking Christmas cookies with my mother was one of my favorite holiday traditions. For Thanksgiving, Aunt Rosie always made a delicious pumpkin bread.

Aunt Rosie’s Pumpkin Bread

1 3/4 cups flour
1 1/2 cups sugar
1 tsp baking soda
1/2 tsp baking powder
1/4 tsp salt
1 cup canned pumpkin
1/2 cup cold water
1/2 tsp allspice
1/2 tsp cinnamon
1/2 tsp cloves
1/2 tsp ginger
1/2 tsp nutmeg
2 eggs
1/2 cup oil
1/2 cup raisins
1/2 cup chopped nuts

Directions:
Sift the flour, sugar, baking soda and powder, salt and spices together in a large bowl. Add the pumpkin, oil, water and eggs. Beat until the batter is smooth. Add the chopped nuts and raisins to the batter. Pour into a well greased loaf pan. Bake at 350 degrees for 1 hour.
 
 
0 #52 Give Thankscakube 12-01-2009 10:17
 
I am grateful that I have the love of family and friends this Thanksgiving! Thank you for all of our blessings, health, home and safe travel.
 
 
0 #51 On the beach...Tradecki 12-01-2009 06:30 Florida
 
We spent Thanksgiving on the beach with our wonderful family, beautiful scenery, dear friends & wonderful food. It was beautiful, relaxing and fun. We found tons of sharks' teeth too, which was just a bonus! Most of all, it felt good for all of us to just be together.
 
 
0 #50 Good Food and FamilyLEJ 11-30-2009 17:24
 
Even though I live far away from family and can't spend Thanksgiving with them, I am so grateful for all the wonderful memories over the years. I love the smells of good food cooking, pies baking, the expectation of family and friends stopping by to visit.
 
 
0 #49 Thanksgiving4788erin 11-30-2009 17:10
 
This year I am especially grateful to have the opportunity to spend time with both my family and my husband's family. It was great having everyone home for the holidays.
 
 
0 #48 Familyjcfair 11-30-2009 12:35
 
I'm grateful for being able to see family today that I don't get to visit with often.
 
 
+1 #47 familymcdfam5 11-30-2009 09:57 mcdfam5
 
For me Thanksgiving means family time. I usually enjoy it as much or more than Christmas because the emphasis is on being together - no gifts or expectations - just spending time together. That is a gift to be grateful for.
 
 
0 #46 Thankfuljgslimmer 11-30-2009 09:53
 
I am thankful that all my family came to visit safely.
 
 
0 #45 Familypaphelps1 11-30-2009 09:04 Phelps/Merrick FL
 
Thanksgiving is the time we get together with either my family or my in-laws. This year I am spending a very special Thanksgiving with my mother. She has Alzheimer's Disease and lives in an assisted living facility so I am 'living' there with her for the next few days. I am thankful to be with her and all the rest of the residents. It's sad to see those that have no family visiting them on this day of gratitude. My mom notices those that have no family here with them and I'm especially thankful that she is still aware that her family surrounds her daily.
 
 
0 #44 ThanksgivingAngie 11-30-2009 09:00 Saline, MI
 
I am grateful that I have a new family to partake of the Thanksgiving tradition with (my in-laws). I am also grateful for all the memories I have of Thanksgiving with my mother, father, brothers, and grandparents. I will cherish those memories forever, since all of us will not be able to be together for that again.
 
 
0 #43 ThanksgivingSoulsinger 11-30-2009 02:54
 
We don't celebrate Thanksgiving here in Australia but having said that I experienced my first Thanksgiving meal a couple of years ago courtesy of my American brother-in-law. It was a wonderful family meal enjoyed by all with a rather yummy pumpkin pie too!!! Here pumpkin is a vegetable so to have it as a dessert was very novel and also extremely tasty! I am very grateful to my brother-in-law for sharing this wonderful tradition with us here in Oz.
 
 
0 #42 Bigger every yearDavid Kapusansky 11-29-2009 22:14 DUMC Dexter, MI
 
I was once one of these new folks. Each year at my in-laws Thanksgivng gets bigger. We always have new people coming. I think the last of the grandkids have been born (18) but the generation is spread out and we usually have new boy or girl friends joining us. The group is intimidating by size (29 this year) but very welcoming and fun. I am thankful to be a part of this great group (as #16- soon I will be in the older half)
 
 
0 #41 togethernessA2Tarheel 11-29-2009 21:09 Wowmoms Ann Arbor, MI
 
I am grateful that my whole family can be together this Thanksgiving, even thankful for the long car ride together from Michigan to NC. And thankful that my husband likes to do the driving!
 
 
0 #40 Family Funarborwoman 11-29-2009 14:54 Ann Arbor, MI
 
My daughter is instilling gratitude in her children, 5 and 7, so at Thanksgiving, they knew what to say. I am grateful that my daughter includes me in her celebration.... it is so fun and I am so proud of my family.
 
 
0 #39 thanksgiving gatheringdocdocdog 11-29-2009 12:24 ceballos saldana houston/tx
 
I am thankful once again for our wonderful thanksgiving family gathering. It's a nice mix of traditions and ever evolving logistics as our family grows and matures. It is my favorite holiday.
 
 
0 #38 Familymmatkins 11-28-2009 22:41
 
I am so thankful for our little but very strong family.
 
 
0 #37 Thanksgivingpretzalgal 11-28-2009 17:18
 
I am always thankful all year long but there is something special when we get together with family and friends sharing good food and memories!
 
 
0 #36 tgginny 11-28-2009 10:14 momhill mi
 
i loved having thanksgiving with garys family. it was so wonderful to see the children and how much they have changed..i am very gratefull for that
 
 
0 #35 FamiliesLifeCoachKristine 11-28-2009 09:23
 
I am grateful that my husband's family and my family get along so well that we can all spend it together instead of having to go from one house to the next, trying to see everyone.
 
 
+1 #34 Thanksgiving2Degus 11-28-2009 09:12 our family Saline, MI
 
Thanksgiving day is my holiday for all the family to come to our home. I have served Thanksgiving dinner to my own family since 1970, when I had my first apartment after college graduation. We ate, sitting on the floor of my apartment, as I had no furniture. Tables were boxes. My parents, and sisters and me. It was most joyful. Then a few years later, I invited my future husband's family to my apartments, preparing dinner in my tiny galley of a kitchen with only an apartment size range, and under counter refrigerator. How did that happen? I don't know, but miraculously it did.
Then as more came into the family, it was in the basement of our first home. And then when our daughter was born, another was added, until we moved to our second home which I designed with a smallish kitchen but large dining room. Of course, with four tables and 26 chairs we had a grand Thanksgiving this year. And surely more will come. All contribute, and we give thanks, and pray for those in need, and friends in surgery or other needs. We are most grateful and blessed.
 
 
0 #33 Favorite Holidayedmondhz 11-28-2009 05:26 AA/Mich
 
Thanksgiving is my favorite holiday. I love all the great food and getting together with family and friends. I am grateful that this holiday defies commercializati on.
 
 
+1 #32 Thanksrerez 11-27-2009 21:12 Zirkel New York
 
Thanksgiving Traditions change with the realities of our family. We often start with Thanksgiving Mass in the parish.
We get to express our thanks to God for so many blessings including our families and our community.
Then it may continue with a football games among cousins which most times escape injuries. We sit down for a large family meal giving thanks again. And desserts follow (which we do extrodinarally well.
Or so the kid's may be with in-laws we switch parts of the meal. Its confusing but makes for peace and harmony in the family. Its a blessed day.
 
 
+1 #31 Thankful for each moment!Koloff1 11-27-2009 16:55
 
Wonderful friends and wonderful food...
Every day is Thanksgiving Day because
I walk in gratitude with every vibration
of my being.
God granted me the precious and life-saving
gift of sobriety so that I may serve others.
As an American, I celebrate Thanksgiving with turkey and all the trimmings!
 
 
+1 #30 family timesJodyP 11-27-2009 16:48
 
I am grateful that my parents are all living and that I can spend time with them on Thanksgiving. I do have to travel every holiday to see them and they are getting to where they can't travel much, so whenever I'm tempted to grumble about the drive, I remind myself that I"m lucky they are still alive and that we all enjoy being together so much.
 
 
+1 #29 Family and Friendsjudykrings 11-27-2009 14:29
 
We invited a gal with no family to share our meal. She was so appreciative, and we felt blessed to have her.
 
 
+1 #28 Gratitude takes center stagejosie 11-27-2009 13:08
 
I am so thankful to those early settlers who chose to celebrate their gratitude for their new homes with their Native American neighbors, especially because they were engaged in occupying once empty or already settled territory. Whether we like it or not, we can't give our country back to those Native Americans. But gratitude goes a long way toward peaceful alternatives.
 
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