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Katie told me that we are going to celebrate Thanksgiving this week. I told her I did not understand. I asked her what is Thanksgiving?
Katie says that it is a day set aside to give thanks for all the blessings we have received over the past year. She says we celebrate by having a great big dinner with all the family there, and we are sure to eat much more than our little tummies can hold. That sounds exciting to me as it probably means I will get to eat as much Rutabagaas I want.
I asked her who started this thing anyway and she told me that the first Thanksgiving was celebrated by the Pilgrims hundreds of years ago who had a big dinner with a bunch of Native Americans to celebrate their friendship, and the bountiful harvest they had that particular year. These people kept up this practice for many years afterwards. Then it was started again by President Abraham Lincoln in the 1860s when he declared a day of Thanksgiving for everyone in the United States to celebrate. It wasn't just limited to the Pilgrims anymore.
One thing that is probably not so good about the day after Thanksgiving is that it is called by everyone "Black Friday". That is because it is the biggest shopping day of the year, a day that far too many people spend money they don't have for things they don't need. Some stores have figured this out, so in order to help people help themselves, they are going to be closed on Black Friday. Good for them.
Katie asked me to make a list of what I am thankful for, and at the top of my list is my family, then Katie, then granddad, then Will, and then all of Katie's family that are my new family. Next on the list is the story Granddad just wrote called "The Moon Rock Mystery". It comes out early in 2016, and you're going to love it.
You know that's probably a good thing for everyone to do. Why don't you make a list of all the things you are thankful for and show it to your parents.
Keep your chin up.
Robert P. Rabbit