Thanksgiving
(By Shannon) We have a competition at Thanksgiving dinner. Before and after dinner the teenagers and young adults love to weigh themselves! The winner that weighs the most gets a prize (a gift card to Chic-fil-A or a large candy bar seems to make them experience this right of passage).
Thanksgiving (By Andrea): We have Poptarts in the morning while watching the Thanksgiving Day parades.
Thanksgiving (By Andrea): We have Poptarts in the morning while watching the Thanksgiving Day parades.
Thanksgiving (By Angie): I love Thanksgiving and I feel more than ever, that this particular holiday is so easily overlooked, but in my home it's a big deal! We don't have a very large home but what we have we SHARE. Not only with all our extended family but I am always looking for Elders or a single someone who may be lonely to share our harvest with on Thanksgiving. After we have sufficiently stuffed ourselves, we all clear our plates and get to write on the table cloth! We each write a specific/significant something we are especially thankful for in that year and sign it. Some write a few words, some write a whole story while others doodle or draw it out. When my kids were younger, they traced their hands and made turkeys, etc.
Every year it is so much fun to pull out the Thanksgiving table cloths and read everyone's comments and remember who we had from years past as guests. The first year I did this I got the idea at the last moment and was scrambling to try and find a "pretty" table cloth but I ended up with a very ugly one and it was a horrid color! The next year I was better prepared and purchased one early that I really liked, but it didn't seem to matter because when it came time to set the table the kids begged for the one from the year before so they could see all the writings from the previous year! This has been a wonderful Thanksgiving tradition for our family!
Every year it is so much fun to pull out the Thanksgiving table cloths and read everyone's comments and remember who we had from years past as guests. The first year I did this I got the idea at the last moment and was scrambling to try and find a "pretty" table cloth but I ended up with a very ugly one and it was a horrid color! The next year I was better prepared and purchased one early that I really liked, but it didn't seem to matter because when it came time to set the table the kids begged for the one from the year before so they could see all the writings from the previous year! This has been a wonderful Thanksgiving tradition for our family!
Thanksgiving (By Andrea): We have a very "non-traditional" Thanksgiving. Each member of our family gets to choose their favorite foods and that's what we have. We usually end up with something like this....Homemade macaroni & cheese, watermelon, Homemade pizza, green salad bar with every topping you can imagine, whipped potatoes, baked sweet & sour chicken, deviled eggs, all kinds of jello salads, and huge array of pies. Whenever we have extended family attend we 'warn' them that we don't do "traditional" and if they want turkey and potatoes then that needs to be their 'favorite' dish to bring with them. So far no one has ever brought turkey and potatoes. The left overs are great too! We put everything on the counter buffet style, fill our dishes, and eat until there is no more room. :)
Thanksgiving (By Jennifer): I don't know how this tradition got started, but as long as I can remember we've done this every year. On Thanksgiving when we set the table we place 3 popcorn kernals on each plate setting. After we bless the food and before we start eating, we go around the table and say 3 things we are thankful for that year. Most of the time some of us say a few extra, but no one cares. When we're through, you can really feel the spirit and love we have for one another. It really makes you count your blessings and be grateful for the things you have!!
