Thanksgiving Day And What It Means To Me

Prayers On Thanksgiving Day

Today we give thanks for our many blessings. We pray for those in need. We thank God for our family and friends. We pray for those who cannot be with us today. We pray for those that are lonely. We thank God for our good health and pray for those who are ill. We thank God for all he has provided us with as we share with those less fortunate. May all of you feel peace and love from God on this Thanksgiving day.

Celebrating The Fruits Of Your Harvest

We get together with family and friends and visit while eating a feast for a King. We may watch Macy’s Thanksgiving day parade on TV. We eat Turkey, mashed potatoes, green beans, corn, bread, stuffing, cranberries, salads, and pumpkin pie. Before we eat, we Thank the Lord for the food he has provided for us and our family and friends, and we pray for those that are ill and hungry. I generally eat more than I should because the food is beautifully prepared, tasty, and delicious. I would always take several more helpings of stuffing and mashed potatoes when I was young. I always love the leftovers from Thanksgiving day.

Traditions

As a child, we would eat at a relative’s house on Thanksgiving day, or they would come to our home. The turkey was cleaned and stuffed. We washed and peeled potatoes and cooked the cranberries, and I could smell the wonderful pumpkin pie and turkey baking in the oven. My Mother would bast the turkey and make homemade gravy. The men would visit in one area and the women in another room. I always found the men’s conversations more interesting. The women would talk about baking, sewing, and their children. The young children would always sit at a card table and eat if the main table was filled with guests. I always put a foldout turkey on the table on Thanksgiving day, and I still have it today.

Thanksgiving Day Over The Years

As we age, the number of people sitting around the table gets smaller. We still remember them and are genuinely Thankful for all the time that God let them be in our lives. I still can see them sitting at the table in my fond memories of Thanksgiving day. Time waits for no man, so spend as much quality time with family and friends as possible, as you will never regret it. As a child, I played board games and other games with my relatives and friends on Thanksgiving day.

Thanksgiving Day History

Berkeley Plantation in Virginia is where the Good Ship Margaret landed with 36 men in 1619. The men had the first official Thanksgiving in America by the instruction given in a charter by the Virginia Co. The first Thanksgiving was in 1621, and the Plymouth colonist and the native Americans shared a feast. Sharing the fruits of their labor is a way for people to bond and grow closer to each other. Thank God for your many blessings.