November 5, 2019
Adding some new and interesting family traditions to the Thanksgiving celebration can really liven things up and give people something to look forward to all year.
Thanksgiving is a time to give thanks for the people we treasure in our lives and the things we have been blessed with over the past year. A nice tradition to start is having everyone at your Thanksgiving gathering go around the room and tell what they are thankful for in their lives. In addition, you can add the tradition of also saying something nice about each person in the room.
Another great family tradition is to have a white linen tablecloth on a different table than the one used for serving food so that it does not become stained. Before or after the meal, hand out a black permanent marker to each person and ask them to write something on the cloth and sign their name and date it. You can then use the same cloth each year and have people continuing to add their information on it, or you can use a different cloth each year, maybe a smaller one, and have someone in the family turn them into stitchery or even a quilt.
In addition to the above idea, you can have a journal book where everyone takes time out of their day to write in it what they are thankful for and a bit about the current life of their family. You can then look back over this journal as the years pass and reminisce about old times.
No matter what traditions you have, or even what traditions you choose to start in the future, the important thing to remember is that Thanksgiving is about friends and family and coming together and giving thanks for all of the blessings in your life.