Thanksgiving flower gift

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When I think in a one nighter adventure, I always remember what happened to me in a day which in USA would be Thanksgiving day, a few years ago. This brought up my curiosity about this celebration, believing it could mean some connection. So I informed myself in my local library one boring evening:

"Turkeys and cornucopias and pilgrim hats. Seasoned stuffing hot from the oven. Creamed onions, cranberry sauce and pumpkin pie. Uncles and aunts and cousins to play with. Grandmothers and grandfathers with family gathered round. Children waiting for the Great Pumpkin rise over Charlie Brown's pumpkin patch and dads watching college football. A day to relax and maybe rake leaves in the afternoon.

But Thanksgiving? How much will our celebrations tomorrow have to do with giving thanks?

A glance at the first Thanksgiving brings it all back. On December 21, 1620 the Pilgrims landed at Plymouth rock. Through the dead of winter the colony struggled with poor and meager food, strenuous labor, a biting wind that chilled to the bone, and the ravages of disease. Nearly half the 102 Mayflower passengers did not live to see Spring refresh Cape Cod Bay.

But God sent Indians--Samoset, Squanto, and Massasoit--to help the English settlers plant and hunt and fish. The bountiful harvest that autumn led Governor Bradford to invite the Indians to celebrate God's goodness. Ninety tall braves accepted the invitation to join the Pilgrims in a feast of Thanksgiving to God for His blessings.

The Pilgrims lived close enough to the soil to know how dependent they were on God's Providence. They had learned to thank God in the midst of the bitterness of winter past. And they were quick to thank Him during abundant blessing, too".

I miss real adventures in my computerized life now, and I think this year I'll telephone one old crush (not celebrity) and I'll celebrate with him Thanksgiving day, in hopes he remember that past adventure we shared in our post-teenage days. Maybe he's not the flowers-guy type but I'll hint at him to give me a Thanksgiving flower gift

or my favourite chocolate pack: The Popcorn Factory Survival Treat Pail. He must choose this time.