WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 23, 2022 - THANKSGIVING EVE

 WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 23, 2022 - THANKSGIVING EVE

TOMORROW IS THANKSGIVING!!!

LET’S HAVE A LITTLE FUN:

DO YOU KNOW THIS SONG?

Over the river and through the woods,

To grandmother's house we go;

The horse knows the way to carry the sleigh,

Thru the white and drifted snow, oh!

Over the river and thru the woods,

Oh, how the wind does blow!

It stings the toes and bites the nose,

As over the ground we go.

Over the river and thru the wood,

To have a first-rate play;

Oh, hear the bell ring, “Ting-a-ling-ling!”

Hurrah for the Pumpkin Pie!!!!

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HOW ABOUT THIS HARVEST HYMN:

Come, ye thankful people, come,

raise the song of harvest home;

all is safely gathered in,

ere the winter storms begin.

God our Maker doth provide

for our wants to be supplied;

come to God's own temple, come,

raise the song of harvest home.

 All the world is God's own field,

fruit as praise to God we yield;

wheat and tares together sown

are to joy or sorrow grown;

first the blade and then the ear,

then the full corn shall appear;

Lord of harvest, grant that we

wholesome grain and pure may be.

For the Lord our God shall come,

and shall take the harvest home;

from the field shall in that day

all offenses purge away,

giving angels charge at last

in the fire the tares to cast;

but the fruitful ears to store

in the garner evermore.

Even so, Lord, quickly come,

bring thy final harvest home;

gather thou thy people in,

free from sorrow, free from sin,

there, forever purified,

in thy presence to abide;

come, with all thine angels, come,

raise the glorious harvest home.

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The FIRST THANKSGIVING!!! Really!!!

The First American Thanksgiving was in Jamestown, Virginia.

The harsh winter of 1609-1610 generated a famine that caused the deaths of 430 of the 490 settlers. In the spring of 1610, colonists in Jamestown, Virginia, enjoyed a Thanksgiving service after English supply ships arrived with food. This colonial celebration has also been considered the "first Thanksgiving."

Meanwhile “up north”, the Pilgrims didn’t arrive until 1620 and didn’t celebrate Thanksgiving until 1621!!!  (But it is the better-documented version!!! And, in reality, we like the story of the Pilgrims coming to America for religious freedom. And, they had better media experts!!!)

And, something to remember - It isn’t what you eat between Thanksgiving and New Year that makes you fat, it is what you eat between New Year and Thanksgiving that makes you fat!!!

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ENJOY YOUR THANKSGIVING!!

LOVE TRANSFORMS

KAREN ANNE WHITE, © NOVEMBER 23, 2022