The holidays are upon us! We hope that you get the opportunity to have some special time celebrating with your family and friends this week. A few years ago, we were with a group who shared ideas of how they celebrated different holidays. Here are a few ideas about Thanksgiving:
* Construction paper leaves/tree on wall. A couple of weeks before Thanksgiving write “I am thankful for…” on the leaves and put them on the tree. The leaves are read on Thanksgiving Day. (Sorry we are a little late on this one, but if you have a big group getting together, it still might could work!)
* Use a special tablecloth on this day and have everyone who sits at the meal with us sign and date the tablecloth with a permanent marker. It is fun to look at each year.
* Slips of paper in a pot stating what you’re thankful for
* William Bradford’s Thanksgiving account, The Plymouth Plantation (read this story).
* Adopt a family for Thanksgiving or invite an elderly person who doesn’t have family
* Send a Thanksgiving letter instead of Christmas letter
* A-Z Thanks
* When you walk in, you put a slip of paper in the “Thankful Jar” after writing something you are thankful for that year. Later we read them out loud and guess who wrote it.
* We play board games
* Cooking together
* Family Life Resources "Thanksgiving Box Devotional" – Do one devotional each night of the week leading up to Thanksgiving. Helps focus all of us on the significance of why we are celebrating and what we have to be thankful for.
* Listen to the Radio Theatre production of Squanto or read it.
What other ideas do you have to make this Thanksgiving special?
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