Posts Tagged ‘family Thanksgiving’
would like to start a special family tradition for Thanksgiving ?
my sisters and i grew up in different homes.my husband and i moved away when we were first married .this will be our first Thanksgiving with both his family and my sisters and their families .they are all coming to our home this yr .i would love to have something for us all to do together.kind of bring our 2 families together …i was thinking i could ask everyone to help put up and decorate our tree .any other ideas ?
How about a ‘giving basket’ where everyone brings a non-perishable food item that can then be donated to your local Food Bank? Your idea of the tree thing is good, but go one step further and have each family bring a special ornament for the tree. When you take the tree down, make sure you put those ornaments in a special place and bring them again next year to whoever is hosting Thanksgiving to put on That tree, and to add any others that might become appropriate (say for a new member, etc.)
How is your family spending Thanksgiving and do you have any special traditions?
For us, we are going to my husband’s parents house for Thanksgiving. Us girl are going to cook and the guys are going to split fire wood for a camp fire later on. We also make Thanksgiving cookies (ginger bread cookies cut out in the shape of leaves, acorns and turkeys!) and decorate them.
What unique things do you do?
We will just be staying home that is a tradition that we started years ago. Instead of arguing about where we are going for the day, we just eat at home.
Very peaceful around our house.
