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I love Thanksgiving turkey... it's the only time in Los Angeles that you see natural breasts. Coexistence... what the farmer does with the turkey - until Thanksgiving. I have strong doubts that the first Thanksgiving even remotely resembled the 'history' I was told in second grade. But considering that (when it comes to holidays) mainstream America's traditions tend to be over-eating, shopping, or getting drunk, I suppose it's a miracle that the concept of giving thanks even surfaces at all. An optimist is a person who starts a new diet on Thanksgiving Day. Thanksgiving, man! Not a good day to be my pants. We're having something a little different this year for Thanksgiving. Instead of a turkey, we're having a swan. You get more stuffing. Vegetables are a must on a diet. I suggest carrot cake, zucchini bread and pumpkin pie. Thanksgiving is an emotional holiday. People travel thousands of miles to be with people they only see once a year. And then discover once a year is way too often. Thanksgiving is America's national chow-down feast, the one occasion each year when gluttony becomes a patriotic duty.
Not what we say about our blessings, but how we use them,is the true measure of our thanksgiving. A thankful heart is not only the greatest virtue, but the parent of all the other virtues. By him therefore let us offer the sacrifice of praise to God continually, that is, the fruit of our lips giving thanks to his name. How wonderful it would be if we could help our children and grandchildren to learn thanksgiving at an early age. Thanksgiving opens the doors. It changes a child's personality. A child is resentful, negative—or thankful. Thankful children want to give, they radiate happiness, they draw people. Once, when my feet were bare, and I had not the means of obtaining shoes I came to the chief of Kufah in a state of much dejection, and saw there a man who had no feet. I returned thanks to God and acknowledged his mercies, and endured my want of shoes with patience. To hear someone say 'Happy Turkey Day' makes me sad because they have nothing to be thankful for and no one to whom to be thankful. Hem your blessings with thankfulness so they don't unravel. You say, 'If I had a little more, I should be very satisfied.' You make a mistake. If you are not content with what you have, you would not be satisfied if it were doubled.
Thanksgiving, after all, is a word of action. There is one day that is ours. Thanksgiving Day is the one day that is purely American. If the only prayer you said in your whole life was, "thank you," that would suffice. As we express our gratitude, we must never forget that the highest appreciation is not to utter words, but to live by them. To speak gratitude is courteous and pleasant, to enact gratitude is generous and noble, but to live gratitude is to touch Heaven. None is more impoverished than the one who has no gratitude. Gratitude is a currency that we can mint for ourselves, and spend without fear of bankruptcy. The funny thing about Thanksgiving, or any huge meal, is that you spend 12 hours shopping for it and then chopping and cooking and braising and blanching. Then it takes 20 minutes to eat it and everybody sort of sits around in a food coma, and then it takes four hours to clean it up. God gave you a gift of 86,400 seconds today. Have you used one to say "thank you? Thanksgiving Day, a function which originated in New England two or three centuries ago when those people recognized that they really had something to be thankful for - annually, not oftener - if they had succeeded in exterminating their neighbors, the Indians, during the previous twelve months instead of getting exterminated by their neighbors, the Indians. Thanksgiving Day became a habit, for the reason that in the course of time, as the years drifted on, it was perceived that the exterminating had ceased to be mutual and was all on the white man's side, consequently on the Lord's side; hence it was proper to thank the Lord for it and extend the usual annual compliments. Some hae meat and canna eat, We hope you enjoyed these Thanksgiving Quotes! Why not visit our Quote of The Day for a daily dose of wit or wisdom? Share your own favorite Thanksgiving Quotes here! Submit A QuoteDo you have a Great Quote? We encourage You to share It with us. Subscribe to our Great Quotes site. Click on the Orange RSS button on the left under the navigation bar and receive updates as we add more Great Thanksgiving Quotes or more pages to our site.
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