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raeanna74 · 11-10-2004, 06:13 AM

I know I may be going a little overboard with this but I thought I'm see what you all thought. Am I being totally ridiculous?

We are hosting Thanksgiving for our families this year. It will be Hubby's family, my family, and some close family friends. I have only 2 children who will be coming and the rest are adults. We're serving a huge banquet of food. Both of our families are strongly religious and love the religious tradition connected with Thanksgiving. I intend to have the usual Bible reading that both our families do prior to the Thanksgiving meal. I was also thinking of doing something else too and here's where you guys come in.

I was thinking of making construction paper leaves or something of the sort. Placing one at each place at the table along with a pencil. Then asking the family as they come in to write something on their leaf that they are thankful for this year. My reasoning for this is sometimes our families will ask each member to say something they're thankful for before we eat. I always struggle to come up with ONE single answer and thought this would give everyone a moment to think when they're not under pressure. Does this sound too corny?

Also what do I do with the leaves later? Just have them leave them on the table? I could put magnets on the back for them to take them home and put on the fridge. Or I could put them all up on the wall. Is this overboard? What are your thoughts and suggestions?

Lastly I'd like to hear what some of your family Thanksgiving traditions are? Especially those Americans who have strong cultural backgrounds from other countries.

11-10-2004, 06:13 AM	#1 (permalink)
raeanna74 I'm not a blonde! I'm knot! I'm knot! I'm knot! Location: Upper Michigan	Tradition and Hosting Thanksgiving I know I may be going a little overboard with this but I thought I'm see what you all thought. Am I being totally ridiculous? We are hosting Thanksgiving for our families this year. It will be Hubby's family, my family, and some close family friends. I have only 2 children who will be coming and the rest are adults. We're serving a huge banquet of food. Both of our families are strongly religious and love the religious tradition connected with Thanksgiving. I intend to have the usual Bible reading that both our families do prior to the Thanksgiving meal. I was also thinking of doing something else too and here's where you guys come in. I was thinking of making construction paper leaves or something of the sort. Placing one at each place at the table along with a pencil. Then asking the family as they come in to write something on their leaf that they are thankful for this year. My reasoning for this is sometimes our families will ask each member to say something they're thankful for before we eat. I always struggle to come up with ONE single answer and thought this would give everyone a moment to think when they're not under pressure. Does this sound too corny? Also what do I do with the leaves later? Just have them leave them on the table? I could put magnets on the back for them to take them home and put on the fridge. Or I could put them all up on the wall. Is this overboard? What are your thoughts and suggestions? Lastly I'd like to hear what some of your family Thanksgiving traditions are? Especially those Americans who have strong cultural backgrounds from other countries. __________________ "Always learn the rules so that you can break them properly." Dalai Lama My Karma just ran over your Dogma.