Happy Holidays to you all. Yes, we are now officially in the Holiday season! What better way to kick off the season for love and peace for your fellowman then an all out fight till you win Black Friday! Larry and I watched in horror as the local television station showed the large groups fighting each other to get to the department store discounted items. It was utterly ridiculous. It only goes to show what we can make out of a season where your supposed to be grateful for what we have and the love we feel for one another.
After all the food preparations and the huge Thanksgiving dinner was over, Larry and I went out for breakfast the following Sunday morning. Traveling back home on the outer road (old 66) we watched in amazement of the heavy traffic along the interstate as so many people were traveling back home from their holiday travel to be with loved ones. I had heard on a talk show that Thanksgiving was the perfect holiday because it wasn't cluttered up with any religious meaning. How wrong they were! The Pilgrims feasted with the Indians and celebrated with them to honor and praise God for bringing them together through the hardest time the Pilgrims had ever endured. And if my history education has served me right the Pilgrims would have never made it with out the help and guidance of the American Indian. Our country was founded on the grounds of a strong religious stand to our heavenly father. Thanksgiving is a time to come together as a whole to give thanks to God's blessing on this great nation and what better way to celebrate then a huge feast. After all the harvest the USA produces for us and other countries throughout the spring and summer and fall, we should take time to be truly be thankful for it's bounty! Do you know that the United States is called the worlds breadbasket because it is the worlds largest producer of grains and cereals? The US is also the largest Beef producer and sadly our waist lines prove that the US is also the largest Beef consumers in the world.
Well all I have to say is make this Holiday season festive, wonderful and simple. Take time to do the little things for loved ones and others who may need you this time of year. Show each other how much they mean to you with words. not material things. Keep it simple. After all God sent his son to us via a small manger. He was trying to tell us something here. If his precious son didn't need the Ritz why should we? If we keep Christ in Christmas we can't help but have a joyous season. Merry Christmas everyone!!! Aunt Onie
As you can tell by our Thanksgiving pictures we had a great Thanksgiving, I hope you did too!
Black Friday was very crazy. It was fun though. Some people think its not worth getting up that early and fighting those crowds just to save a few bucks. Those people are probably right but its kind of exciting. Your are exactly right about Thanksgiving having a religious meaning, they did honor and give thanks to God for everything they had and that is what we all should do this Holiday season.
ReplyDeleteYou are so right Jer. Your Dad and I have decided to "make" your gifts this year so everynight Dad has been just buzzing away on his skill saw down stairs. I wonder what he could be making for you??????
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