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Happy Thanksgiving!

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wendy
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Happy Thanksgiving!

Post by wendy » Wed November 26th, 2014, 1:35 pm

This is the time of year to cherish family and count our blessings. One of the thing I'm thankful for is this on-line community of readers and writers so I don't have to spend each working day in isolation. Thanks to everyone who makes this site happen. Enjoy the holidays!
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MLE (Emily Cotton)
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Post by MLE (Emily Cotton) » Wed November 26th, 2014, 5:55 pm

And A happy Thanksgiving from me, too. At the moment I'm most thankful that we had our big family event LAST Sunday, and I have just seen the last of my traveling relatives on their way off to other family events. My daughter started the tradition of having our celebration on the weekend before about seven years ago, when she got married and the 'whose parents will we spend thanksgiving with' question was happening on two fronts.

So whatever day you celebrate, may everyone have a delightful time with family and friends.

Do other countries have a similar holiday? I know Canadian Thanksgiving is in October--I REALLY tried to get our family dinner moved to then.

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Post by Lisa » Wed November 26th, 2014, 8:51 pm

Happy Thanksgiving to all HFOers who celebrate it :)

We don't have Thanksgiving here, but it's St Andrew's Day on Sunday.

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Post by Misfit » Thu November 27th, 2014, 12:26 am

Happy Thanksgiving to all, and good shopping to those crazy enough to brave Black Friday (shudders). And the boss was crazy enough to brave Costco today, the day before the holiday. He got no sympathy from us.
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Post by wendy » Thu November 27th, 2014, 2:09 pm

[quote=""LadyB""]Happy Thanksgiving to all HFOers who celebrate it :)

We don't have Thanksgiving here, but it's St Andrew's Day on Sunday.[/quote]

Happy St. Andrew's Day too!
Wendy K. Perriman
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Post by Lisa » Thu November 27th, 2014, 3:53 pm

[quote=""wendy""]Happy St. Andrew's Day too![/quote]

Thank you Wendy!

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Post by Nefret » Thu November 27th, 2014, 6:24 pm

Happy Thanksgiving! (Stay indoors, folks.)
Into battle we ride with Gods by our side
We are strong and not afraid to die
We have an urge to kill and our lust for blood has to be fulfilled
WE´LL FIGHT TILL THE END! And send our enemies straight to Hell!
- "Into Battle"
{Ensiferum}

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Post by Divia » Fri November 28th, 2014, 3:59 pm

Happy turkey day! (a day late, sorry)

I hope everyone had an enjoyable holiday.
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Post by blueemerald » Fri November 28th, 2014, 7:21 pm

Hullo everyone~

I'm deliberately sending this greeting a day late. The day of Thanksgiving prompts many folks to celebrate various gratitudes with more enthusiasm than may be typical. How wonderful, eh! I'm endeavoring to also have awareness and gratitude of blessings (small and large, 2-legged and 4-legged, sentient or not) on a daily basis.

Yesterday afternoon I toasted "the laughter and love of friends and family who are here and to those who are not". With focused attention, I again acknowledge this blessing today. I feel very fortunate.

I don't mean to sermonize, I am sensitive, sentimental and wanting to share this thought with my new HFO acquaintances.

(And not to forget....I am also extremely thankful for the yummy, homemade LEFSE we enjoyed at meal yesterday.)

Good wishes to all!

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Post by princess garnet » Sat November 29th, 2014, 1:52 am

For those who have family and friends who live in New England, we had a white Thanksgiving for our annual Thanksgiving family reunion. :)

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