SUNDAY FUNDAY - NOVEMBER 26, 2023

 SUNDAY FUNDAY NOVEMBER 26TH, 2023

We just finished Thanksgiving - but every day is a day to give thanks (or have a “gratitude attitude”). We finished Black Friday shopping (if we did any). We have under a month until Christmas. Today is the last Sunday of the Liturgical Year, and Advent starts next Sunday. The November full moon (known as the “Beaver Moon”) is officially tomorrow at 3:16 a.m. Central Time, so tonight will be the highest total moon for November.

GRATITUDE QUOTES:

“Gratitude is when memory is stored in the heart and not in the mind.” Lionel Hampton:

“Let gratitude be the pillow upon which you kneel to say your nightly prayer.” Maya Angelou:

“True forgiveness is when you can say, ‘Thank you for that experience.” Oprah Winfrey:

“Be thankful for everything that happens in your life; it’s all an experience.” Roy T. Bennett:

“For me, every hour is grace. And I feel gratitude in my heart each time I can meet someone and look at his or her smile.” Elie Wiesel:

“Be present in all things and thankful for all.” Maya Angelou:

“Forever on Thanksgiving, the heart will find the pathway home.” Wilbur D. Nesbit:

“The more you practice the art of thankfulness, the more you have to be thankful for.” Norman Vincent Peale:

“Feeling gratitude and not expressing it is like wrapping a present and not giving it.” William Arthur Ward:

“When I started counting my blessings, my whole life turned around.” Willie Nelson:

“The thankful heart opens our eyes to many blessings that continually surround us.” James E. Faust:

“Thanksgiving is the holiday that encompasses all others.”Jonathan Safran Foer:

“Thanksgiving Day is a good day to recommit our energies to giving thanks and just giving.” Amy Grant

THANKSGIVING TRIVIA

Question: What professional football team has played almost every Thanksgiving since 1934?

Answer: The Detroit Lions

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Question: What did President Calvin Coolidge famously receive as a Thanksgiving gift?

Answer: A live raccoon

In November 1926, Vinnie Joyce of Nitta Yuma, Mississippi, sent the 30th ***

Question: What food did the colonists and Native Americans not have at the first Thanksgiving?

Answer: Turkey

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Question: What wasn’t part of Macy’s first Thanksgiving Day Parade?

Answer: Balloons

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Question: Has Thanksgiving always been celebrated on the fourth Thursday in November?

Answer: No. In 1939, Thanksgiving was celebrated on the third Thursday in November.

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Question: What happens to the turkeys pardoned by the president each year?

Answer: The turkeys pardoned by the president live fulfilled lives.

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Wrap-up

The days are getting short. The winter solstice is December 21st - and then the days will lengthen. If you lived in Anchorage, Alaska, on December 21st, you’d have about 5.5 hours of sunlight!!! (No wonder bears hibernate!!!)

December can be a busy month. Christmas. Shopping. Concerts. Events. 

But don’t let it get to you. Take time for yourself and reflect.

LOVE WINS

LOVE TRANSFORMS

KAREN ANNE WHITE, © NOVEMBER 26TH, 2023