Happy Thanksgiving

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Holiday traditions. It’s a tradition, in some families at the Thanksgiving get-together, to have each person around the table say what they feel thankful for. At Christmas time, some families gather around and watch a Christmas movie like “It’s a Wonderful Life” or “Die Hard,” or a parent or grandparent does a reading of “The Night Before Christmas.” I’ll propose a tradition for our Thanksgiving here in Southern Gables – a reading of last year’s Thanksgiving article.

No kidding, I read it while thinking about what to write this week, and I like it. I don’t think I can come up with a better offering right now. At the heart of Thanksgiving, not to belabor the obvious, is a feeling of appreciation, thankfulness – or, as we wrote last year…