It excites some and depresses others. With Halloween just around the corner, everyone is already getting ready for Christmas. I have always noticed that Thanksgiving just seems to kind of get skipped over. Why do you think that is? I love Thanksgiving because that is exactly what it is. A special day for giving thanks for all of our blessings. The stores are just getting ready to clean up from Halloween and then they will set up Christmas accessories for sale. You never see turkey decorations or displays of the pilgrims at a big dinner table. Maybe it has something to do with politics or whatever. But people celebrate Christmas happily enough and that is a religious holiday. I am thinking that does not enter too many minds as it has become so materialistic. All the bright lights and pretty decorations are nice, but just like Thanksgiving, Christmas has all been forgotten the real reason for the season. We need to slow down a little in the world or we will all go nuts before our time on earth is finished.http://tjmarshallvariety.blogspot.com
3 comments:
i quite agree with you, and do people realize what it is when you go shopping with your kids...they are so tempted to get things, there's so many things in the shop, nothing to do do with the real fest ot the year, sharing for one night, sharing little presents specially hand made ones, and sharing much love...you don't find love in supermarket don't you...
see you dear, you're a very sensible young person
Mousie
sorryto put this comment here but i couldn't leave a comment on your other blog...about post : Spring grove Minnesota.tuesday october3
...yes i've always been interested by the amish community, do you have books titles i could read...
thanks dear, i find many things interesting here...i'll come back
mousie from france...
I am an Aussie and we don't celebrate Thanksgiving here is Aus but since marrying an American I have come to love the holiday. I feel as you do that a holiday celebration to give thanks for all of our blessings (whether one is religious or not - and I'm not) has got to be the best kind of holiday! I could forgo Christmas altogether as I find Thanksgiving has so much more to offer - but that's just me. I also like to celebrate the solstice in place of Christmas (seeing as Christmas is a mix of Pagan Jewish Roman traditions anyway!)
Nice blog Tammy.
SJ xx
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