Thanksgiving 2008 #2
Thanksgiving is a terrific holiday. As I've written before when I do speaking engagements, especially those near the holiday, I sometimes speak about Thanksgiving.
I like the idea that it is a completely secular holiday so that makes it easy for everyone to celebrate. I also think that it is a holiday that brings everyone together. Not just families and friends but people all across America are celebrating the same holiday and in the same way. All across America people are sitting down to a turkey dinner. There are regional and ethnic variations but the main food item is the same. Italians have a pasta dish, Vietnamese have spring rolls, in San Francisco the bread for the stuffing is likely to be sourdough.
It can be a good time to concentrate on what is the real meaning of the day. You can go around the table and each person can say what they have been thankful for this year. For one person it might be good health, for another (in today's economic times) it might be having a good job, for someone else it may be a trip they took or someone they met.
You can also have people write a letter about what they want or expect from the coming year and save it to read next year. Sometimes it can be interesting to see whether expectations are met or whether or not anyone is even interested in what they cared about last year.
I like the idea that it is a completely secular holiday so that makes it easy for everyone to celebrate. I also think that it is a holiday that brings everyone together. Not just families and friends but people all across America are celebrating the same holiday and in the same way. All across America people are sitting down to a turkey dinner. There are regional and ethnic variations but the main food item is the same. Italians have a pasta dish, Vietnamese have spring rolls, in San Francisco the bread for the stuffing is likely to be sourdough.
It can be a good time to concentrate on what is the real meaning of the day. You can go around the table and each person can say what they have been thankful for this year. For one person it might be good health, for another (in today's economic times) it might be having a good job, for someone else it may be a trip they took or someone they met.
You can also have people write a letter about what they want or expect from the coming year and save it to read next year. Sometimes it can be interesting to see whether expectations are met or whether or not anyone is even interested in what they cared about last year.
posted by Elaine Bloom at 3:32 AM
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