Reflections On The Thanksgiving Holiday

Reflections On The Thanksgiving Holiday

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Many holidays have a universal appeal. Thanksgiving is definitely an American only holiday, a time when reflection, giving thanks and massive amounts of food all come together. Consider these thoughts on the subject by these historical figures.

Thanksgiving Day is a jewel, to set in the hearts of honest men; but be careful that you do not take the day, and leave out the gratitude. - E.P. Powell

It has been an unchallengeable American doctrine that cranberry sauce, a pink goo with overtones of sugared tomatoes, is a delectable necessity of the Thanksgiving board and that turkey is uneatable without it. - Alistair Cooke

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. - Johnny Carson

An optimist is a person who starts a new diet on Thanksgiving Day. - Irv Kupcinet

Not what we say about our blessings, but how we use them, is the true measure of our thanksgiving. - W T Purkiser

What we're really talking about is a wonderful day set aside on the fourth Thursday of November when no one diets. I mean, why else would they call it Thanksgiving? - Erma Bombeck

You can tell you ate too much at Thanksgiving when you have to let your bathrobe out. - Jay Leno

It must be an odd feeling to be thankful to nobody in particular. Christians in public institutions often see this odd thing happening on Thanksgiving Day. Everyone in the institution seems to be thankful 'in general.' It's very strange. It's a little like being married in general. - Cornelius Plantinga, Jr.

It was dramatic to watch my grandmother decapitate a turkey with an ax the day before Thanksgiving. Nowadays the expense of hiring grandmothers for the ax work would probably qualify all turkeys so honored with 'gourmet' status. - Russell Baker

God is pleased with no music below so much as with the thanksgiving songs of relieved widows and supported orphans; of rejoicing, comforted, and thankful persons. - Jeremy Taylor

Thanksgiving is so called because we are all so thankful that it only comes once a year. - P.J. O'Rourke

I celebrated Thanksgiving in an old-fashioned way. I invited everyone in my neighborhood to my house, we had an enormous feast, and then I killed them and took their land. - Jon Stewart

God gave us our relatives; thank God we can choose our friends. - Ethel Watts Mumford

A woman is looking for a turkey at the grocery store. While looking through the frozen ones, she can't find a big enough one. She asks the clerk if the turkeys get any bigger. His answer? "No mam, their dead."

Gratitude is born in hearts that take time to count up past mercies. - Charles E. Jefferson

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Aazdak Alisimo finds Thanksgiving an inspirational time and also edits inspirational quotes updated each and every day at InspirationDaily.com. You are welcome to reprint this article - but get your own unique content version here.



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