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Do you know why we eat turkey and
pumpkin pie on Thanksgiving Day?

A long time ago, people called the Pilgrims
came to America. After their first
harvest, they were so thankful to have a
new land and enough food to eat, that they

planned a special day for giving thanks to God.

To celebrate, they had a big dinner of the food
that they found in their new land.

For part of their dinner, the Pilgrim fathers killed
fat, funny-looking birds that made a "gobble, gobble" noise. They were the first Thanksgiving Day turkeys.

For dessert, the Pilgrim mothers made a pudding out of pumpkins. Those puddings were the first Thanksgiving Day pumpkin "pies."


Today, you eat turkey and pumpkin pie on Thanksgiving Day just as the Pilgrims did many years ago.

Thanksgiving is a wonderful time to stop
for a few moments and really think about all
we have to be thankful for.

I am thankful for being born
in the United States of America.

I am thankful for my husband. He is the love
of my life and my best friend.

I am thankful for my 4 beautiful daughters.
I am thankful that I get to be a stay at home mom
and be here whenever they need me.

I am thankful for music and books and my
computer! I have met so many wonderful people from
all over the world and have been able to
reconnect with old friends as well.

I am especially thankful to my Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ.
All the other blessings I have been given pale
in comparison to what He did to save me.


Please take a moment this Thanksgiving and think
about all you have to be thankful for, you might
just be surprised!

May you have a wonderfully
Blessed Thanksgiving

Railroad Widow & Family


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