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Christmas on Thanksgiving?

As you may {or may not} know, I grew up on a farm in Montana. Thanksgiving was always an exciting time of year for us. It usually meant a big family gathering (complete with cousins and aunt and uncle) at the house across the yard from ours ~ Grandma and Grandpa’s.

Between Grandma, my mom, and aunt, there was always a huge spread of food ~ the traditional turkey dinner that ended with decadent Steam Pudding and Vanilla Sauce (my mouth just watered typing that!) .

turkey dinner

{photo via Pinterest}

The meal was just the start of the celebration.

You see, every year after Thanksgiving, Grandma and Grandpa packed up their big ol’ car and headed to Texas for the rest of the winter. Yep, they were snowbirds…

So, to us, Thanksgiving also meant Christmas! Christmas decorations filled the house, and presents {from Grandma and Grandpa} were under the tree.

presents

{Photo via Pinterest}

Once the meal was cleaned up, we all stuffed ourselves into the Living Room and opened presents. I remember lots of laughing… Sweet, sweet memories.

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Fast-forward to the year 1990. On a hot summer day in August, I married my Canadian husband and left my homeland for his. October rolled around and all the sudden, it was Thanksgiving ~ in Canada, that is! I convinced him that we MUST decorate our tiny little duplex apartment for Christmas, because that was tradition!

Bless his heart. We trekked out into the woods (in October) and chopped down a tree.

That tradition ended that year.

Yep. Christmas and Canadian Thanksgiving just don’t jive well… Our tree was a dried out mess by the time Christmas actually arrived!

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I don’t have Christmas put up yet at our house, but I’ve added a few Christmas touches here and there. The sparkly white lights add so much cheerfulness during these dark, winter days.

So today, on this Thanksgiving Day, I’ll leave you with a bit of Christmas inspiration I found on Pinterest.

bhg christmas

christmas candles

And to my family ~I wish I was there eating turkey with you!…

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2 Comments

  1. What a great story, and how very wonderful that you have so many sweet memories of your grandparents and extended family.
    I grew up in the state of Washington, but we had NO family there. It was always just my folks and us six kids. Honestly, I don't even remember Thanksgiving until we moved to BC when I was nine years old.
    I'm so glad that our Thanksgiving is in October, then we can get ready for Christmas whenever we want to.:) I'm getting there.
    Hugs, Cindy

  2. Well, I have always lived in the US – I was borned and raised in Florida, but I have lived in many states in the US from California to Missouri, from Georgia to North Carolina – but no matter where we go, Florida will always be home. My husband and I moved back to Florida last year after being full time RVer's for two years – however, it never mattered where we were in our great country, or what we were living in – house or RV – the Friday AFTER Thanksgiving I start putting up Christmas decorations and tomorrow will be no different. Would love for you to drop by my blog and check me out sometime –
    http://www.cdm-arewethereyet.blogspot.com
    and HAPPY THANKSGIVING! (American style!)

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