Thanksgiving – Why?

25 Tuesday Nov 2014

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How did Thanksgiving come about?
Here’s a politically correct version:

Why is Thanksgiving the fourth Thursday of November?

The first Thanksgiving Day celebration was a three-day feast held during the fall in 1621. It happened between September 21 and November 11. As you may know Pilgrims were joined by the local Wampanoag tribe, including their leader, Chief Massasoit.

Various communities celebrated a day of thanksgiving afterwards as they deemed fit. However, in October of 1777 all 13 colonies celebrated a day of Thanksgiving.

The first national day of Thanksgiving was in 1789. President George Washington proclaimed Thursday, November 26, 1789 to be “a day of public thanksgiving and prayer.”

In wasn’t until October 3, 1863, that President Abraham Lincoln called for and issued a Thanksgiving Proclamation. It declared the last Thursday in November was to be a national day of “thanksgiving and praise.”

Afterwards, presidents honored the tradition and annually issued their own Thanksgiving Proclamation until in 1939, President Franklin D. Roosevelt did not.

Since the day would fall on November 30th that month, retailers strongly complained to President Roosevelt that 24 shopping days before Christmas would be too short for profits that they counted upon.

[see: What is Black Friday?]

Since most people did Christmas shopping after Thanksgiving, the extra week of shopping seemed essential for the economy.

So the Thanksgiving Proclamation of August 31, 1939 declared the date of Thanksgiving to be Thursday, November 23, the second-to-last Thursday of the month.

The change caused unforeseen confusion — dates had previously been established for school schedules, football games, special events, entertainment, and family vacations.

During the following year, many governors could not agree with the decision to change the date and refused to follow it. The country became split on which Thanksgiving to observe. The nation went into a bit of a panic and there was great debate.

In 1940, 32 states and the District of Columbia observed the Thanksgiving on November 21. 16 states chose November 28th. The conflict finally came to the Congress. On December 26, 1941, Congress passed into law that Thanksgiving would be henceforth the fourth Thursday of November.

Thanks for visiting.

Eric

Happy Thanksgiving

28 Thursday Nov 2013

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Today is a perfect day to cherish learning to be with the Lord in His gift of loving inner peacefulness — and — being fully aware of our very most thankful appreciative hearts.

Open hearts sing and thank Him today — right now — you too may begin — join in — you know you are not alone — later greet friends and guests today with all of His loving warmth radiating from your heart.

We only must ask. God blesses us all and He will bask our homes, travels, airways, rails, roads, and vehicles with His love. Know this. Feel His warm love. Feel God’s loving energy breathing warmth into you and into your heart from its inside out.

Watch this video too. You’ll love that it demonstrates an age old lesson on the gloriousness of thanksgiving. I know you’ll love it!

Here are some suggestions for allowing the Lord to manage our hearts:

Announce gratitude and be specific — in a group is nice too — plan this with guests beforehand — everyone can pray and speak about gratitude — this will raise happiness and your grateful hearts will warm the home too
Say to loved ones and friends that you appreciate them and be specific
Joyfully commit to seek God’s will and see God in everyplace that you look
Behave in a humble grateful manner and praise God in thankfulness for living and for blessings and be specific

Program Description
A Day of Thanksgiving, 1951. This film relates the experiences of a middle-class American family when they are stimulated to review the things for which they are thankful.

Bill Johnson, a garage mechanic, comes home from work on the day before Thanksgiving to find his children completely disheartened by their mother’s announcement that the family cannot afford a turkey for the holiday. Shocked at his son Dick’s statement that there won’t be much to be thankful for, Bill gently reminds him and the other children that while turkey on Thanksgiving is a great American tradition, its presence sometimes obscures the real meaning of Thanksgiving.

When Dick concedes that modern Americans are a lot better off than the Pilgrims, the others suggest that they all make a list of the things for which they are thankful. Their father cautions them to give serious thought to their list, which should include only the things they feel deeply. He then watches them mulling over their thoughts as they play during the evening.

At the Thanksgiving dinner table, each member of the family offers part of the thanks.

Tommy is thankful for plenty of food and free library books to read. Susan mentions clothing, Sunday school, and her family. Dick gives thanks for a chance to get an education and a chance to play. Bill thinks as he looks at Baby Janet that she must be thankful in her own way for fun in the bathtub, playtime, and security.

Mrs. Johnson is thankful that her children can grow up healthy and strong, that she can guide them, that her family can have many of the modern conveniences, that she can have freedom of speech, and that Mr. Johnson’s job brings peace of mind. Bill Johnson then finishes the list with the things for which he is thankful: a home with privacy, freedom from fear of political reprisal, the right to pick a vocation in which he is happy, freedom of opinion as represented by his newspaper, the right to vote, and the belief that family unity can become world-wide unity.

A Day of Thanksgiving This 1951 education film portrays a family that cannot afford to purchase a Thanksgiving turkey and instead reflects upon the things for which they are thankful. It was produced by Centron Corporation of Lawrence, Kansas with non-professional actors, and is part of the Prelinger Archives.

I’ll pray that we may all today share in grateful giving and let this become a habit that will grow in our hearts every day. Bless us God every one. Whatever our needs may be, I pray that He will be foremost in our minds and hearts as we share His divine warmth and glorious praise. Amen.

Thanks for visiting.

Eric

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Month Of Thanks And Giving

07 Thursday Nov 2013

Posted by Hunt 4 Truth in Happiness, Health, Meditation, Peace

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Being grateful is a powerful method for generating an inner peace and serenity. I like the reference to “our future-self” being a part of the making of today although, being in the present is what I’d normally want — inviting the “best” future in is helpful in healing, I think. Thanks for this posting. ~ Eric

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Open Life Up

“Be in a state of gratitude for everything that shows up in your life. Be thankful for the storms as well as the smooth sailing. What is the lesson or gift in what you are experiencing right now? Find your joy not in what’s missing in your life but in how you can serve.” — Wayne Dyer

I have never been more aware of how blessed a life I lead than I am right now. I am so grateful for every moment. Inspired by all that is and will be, I begin a conscious daily dose of gratitude during this month of Thanksgiving. I do this because I am able and I am grateful for that.

I hope your November is filled with moments of thanks and giving. Thank you!

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Thanksgivukkah this year for Jewish Americans

06 Wednesday Nov 2013

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Thanksgiving, Hanukkah Together Make Thanksgivukkah On November 28, 2013

This year, Nov. 28 is Thanksgiving and the first full day of the eight-day Jewish festival of lights (Hanukkah), which begins at sundown the previous night. Jewish cooks in preparation for a Hanukkah + Thanksgiving celebration this year, have been working to create recipes for everything from pumpkin latkes (Hanukkah’s potato pancake) to turkey brined in Manischewitz (Hanukkah’s kosher wine Jewish Americans love to make fun of but drink anyway).