Thanksgiving Day

What we’re really talking

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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

Thanksgiving dinners take eighteen

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Thanksgiving dinners take eighteen hours to prepare. They are consumed in twelve minutes. Half-times take twelve minutes. This is not coincidence. Erma Bombeck

I have strong doubts

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I have strong doubts that the first Thanksgiving even remotely resembled the ‘history’ I was told in second grade. But considering that (when it comes to holidays) mainstream America’s traditions tend to be over-eating, shopping, or getting drunk, I suppose it’s a miracle that the concept of giving thanks even surfaces at all. Ellen Orleans

I would rather be

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I would rather be able to appreciate things I can not have than to have things I am not able to appreciate. Elbert Hubbard

God is glorified, not

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God is glorified, not by our groans, but by our thanksgivings. Edwin Percy Whipple

We tend to forget

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We tend to forget that happiness doesn’t come as a result of getting something we don’t have, but rather of recognizing and appreciating what we do have. Friedrich Koenig

Drink and be thankful

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Drink and be thankful to the host! What seems insignificant when you have it, is important when you need it. Franz Grillparzer

If a fellow isn\’t

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If a fellow isn’t thankful for what he’s got, he isn’t likely to be thankful for what he’s going to get. Frank A. Clark