Favorite Thanksgiving webpages for grandparents

@Grammy Tanda – You tell a nice story. By the way, HAPPY BIRTHDAY! I love you.

There is an interesting story about my ancestor John Howland, who came across on the Mayflower. He got seasick and leaned overboard. He fell in the ocean but he got caught in the ropes and was rescued!

When we lived in New England, we took our family to the Plimoth Plantation and the Mayflower II. It was a wonderful way to experience history. All of the “actors” were always in character — in their dress, their speech, their accent and mannerisms. I asked one of the mates on the Mayflower II if he knew John Howland. He replied, “Young Master Howland is one fortunate lad.”

- Grandpa Shayne

Thank you so much for adding my Thanksgiving Prayer – A Family Tradition to this list of wonderful Thanksgiving lenses. I will enjoy reading all of them. You’ve done a great job with this.

I join Nancy in thanking you for including my Thanksgiving Songs in your list. You have a great blog here and I so enjoy keeping up with all the grandparenting news and super advice.

@GrammyTanda Happy Birthday! Beautiful Thanksgiving article. I do so enjoy Thanksgiving with my grown children and the grands. And I love to hear “Mom, will you bring the green beans and congo squares?” It’s nice to have them assume the responsibility of holiday dinners, but really nice that they want some of the old family favorites, huh?

Have a wonderful Thanksgiving Day!

This is a great resource for grandparents!

Now,, how can I find time to spend looking at the pages in between making pies, rolls, and cooking the turkey???

I love this post — with all these great traditions and helpful websites. I have the same question Nina Lewis has — where to find the time to look at them all???

One of my Thanksgiving traditions has been to run the Thanksgiving Day 5-mile race, and last year my granddaughter, then 15, ran it with me. She’s doing it with me this year too. So we’ll run first, eat later.

Happy Thanksgiving! Sally

Great article! I just blogged about it Thanks for including me again. HAPPY BIRTHDAY TANDA!!!

Wonderful Thanksgiving post. We do so love our grandchildren, and have such a wonderful opportunity, especially on holidays – to share with them, those things that are most important to us.

Thank you for including my Hub about gratitude, over on Hubpages.

tDMg
Kathryn

What a wonderful tradition the 3 kernels of corn is! Sounds like your family is filled to the brim with lots of love and good food to share. That buffet table full of pies look sooooooo yummy!!!

We have a tradition also now that most of the family has long passed. We always light a large white candle to represent those who are no longer with us, to remind us that their light is shining beside us just the same.

Also my eldest Uncle Mancil always says the blessing before our meal just as he has since my great grandfather passed on in the early 1960’s. I can’t imagine a Thanksgiving without hearing his strong voice echo in our kitchen as we all stand round waiting our turn at the goodies that await us.

Happy Thanksgiving to your family and many Blessings in the coming year!
Hugs, WitchDust

Great Post on thanksgiving,I very much enjoyed reading this article and looking threw the Thanksgiving links !

You are creating a fun and useful resource for grandparents.

We are looking forward to a wonderful Thanksgiving and wish the same for all the grandparents here at Grandparents TLC.
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Thanksgiving marks the start of Christmas music and decorations in my family. I also started a tradition with my husband’s family and we embark on the crazy Black Friday adventures the next day. So Thanksgiving is spent scouring the newspaper ads.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY,TANDA!(it’s still your bday in Arizona!)
I do enjoy all the stories and tips. Wish I had more time to check it out more often. We’re having the youngest three kids and nine of the seventeen gkids for Thanksgiving Day, and part of them for the weekend. We always try to have a family phone call with those who can’t be with us. Makes them feel like part of the get-together. We always have way too much food, because each one has a special dish or pie it wouldn’t seem like TG without! I think I’ll use your idea with the corn this year. It’s always good to stop and remember just how blessed we really are.

Happy BIRTHDAY Grammy!
This is going to be a great resource for fun ideas with kiddos. I want to share this cooking blog that I have fallen in love with recently. They have a whole slew of ideas for Thanksgiving recipes. Be warned the pictures will make you drool! Enjoy!
http://smittenkitchen.com/thanksgiving/

Thanks again for all of the GREAT Thanksgiving ideas!

Very nice website for grandparents. My two youngest grandkids are 800 miles away, so I am always looking for ways to stay in touch. A few weeks ago, I sent them each a packet of dried leaves that were especially colorful and they loved them.

I just subscribed & am looking forward to your suggestions for Christmas & New Years!

Beth

I love how you have described your Thanksgiving. Thanks for sharing those great links. What a fun blog. Celebrating fun times with family is what it’s all about.

We started a new tradition this year- the night before Thanksgiving was the only time we would see my brother’s family so we had ‘pie night’. Everyone brought a different kind of pie. The kids are still talking about it. We will do this next year, too.

I also had ancestors on the Mayflower. Maybe they knew each other, lol

Thanksgiving is one of the best days of the year, because we pause to share and be grateful. Like your family, we all take turns sharing what we are grateful for before the blessing.

For family who can’t be with us, we call them and the phone is passed around the table so they can virtually “join” in the meal.

Most years there are a few “adopted” family members. These ar people who don’t have family close by to share the day with. They become part of our family for the day.

Yes, the football games are on. Although the TV is off during dinner.

It’s a warm, relaxing day of togetherness. Thanksgiving is a day where disagreements are put aside and worries left outside the door.

Blessings abound.
Aloha and Mahalo,
Arleen Anderson

A special thank you to all who have commented. We enjoy reading your comments, ideas, and feedback!

@Sally – I admire you for running the Thanksgiving Day 5-mile race with your granddaughter! And I like that idea, “run first, eat later”. Thanks.

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