Do you celebrate Thanksgiving?

amother

Honeydew

Mon, Nov 21 2016, 10:29 pm

I have a regular day of work, lol.
I guess that is what I get for working for a boys yeshiva.

SixOfWands

Mon, Nov 21 2016, 11:15 pm

PinkFridge wrote:

One of those holidays is not like the other ones Music

Groundhog Day? Really?
You know it's not a holiday, there's no commercial tie-in, cards, decorations, traditional foods....

But it has a darned good movie. And a mascot in Punxsutawney Phil. I vote yes for Groundhog Day.

MagentaYenta

Mon, Nov 21 2016, 11:22 pm

SixOfWands wrote:

But it has a darned good movie. And a mascot in Punxsutawney Phil. I vote yes for Groundhog Day.

What is not to like about Phil? I gonna back it, I'll be writing my Senator today. Oh and I already did the google thing, it's safe, he doesn't have his own church.

PinkFridge

Tue, Nov 22 2016, 8:01 am

Hm, Groundhog Day does have a movie...special rites and ritual clothes for the humans involved...I guess it qualifies. I don't know if I want to know what special foods are eaten l'kavod hayom though.

PinkFridge

Tue, Nov 22 2016, 8:02 am

PinkFridge

Tue, Nov 22 2016, 8:03 am

essie14

Tue, Nov 22 2016, 8:19 am

PinkFridge wrote:

heidi

Tue, Nov 22 2016, 9:22 am

Thanks for the reminder everyone.
Without this thread I never would have remembered about Thanksgiving (living in Israel does that to you) and would have just gone to my Air Supply concert (yay!).
Now I ordered a turkey and we'll have a Friday night Thanksgiving meal.
I am so very grateful to America. If not for that wonderful country my family would be in ashes all over Europe.

zaq

Tue, Nov 22 2016, 2:19 pm

PinkFridge wrote:

Ground hog, of course, aka chopped pork, thus making the day as tref as tref can be.

ChickenSoup

Wed, Nov 23 2016, 5:18 pm

Been cooking for Thanksgiving all day and in my home we make a few special dishes for Shabbos Kodesh that will be saved just for Shabbos and not served on Thanksgiving. 🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸

tigerwife

Wed, Nov 23 2016, 6:01 pm

ChickenSoup wrote:

Been cooking for Thanksgiving all day and in my home we make a few special dishes for Shabbos Kodesh that will be saved just for Shabbos and not served on Thanksgiving. 🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸

Like chicken soup? Smile

Blessing1

Wed, Nov 23 2016, 6:37 pm

Hubby is off Thursday & Friday, it's a reason to celebrate! So I guess we celebrate thanksgiving.

ChickenSoup

Wed, Nov 23 2016, 11:03 pm

Tiger 🐯- that was funny. We made an apple noodle kugel and a corn kugel and Friday Morning we are planning to make a Parsha cake and of course... Chicken Soup!

Pita

Thu, Nov 24 2016, 12:45 am

We do, both because we are grateful to be here and because it is the only holiday my children hear about in their public school that we can actually celebrate. So it is a big deal.

I call the Shabbat afterwards "Yom Tov Sheini shel Thanksgiving." I think I am pretty funny.

This year, though, given that the Hagim just passed, I myself am not at all enthusiastic about cooking more and having guests. And as I am the only one with a Kosher home amongst the guest, I have to make everything myself.

Also, because people have very specific ideas about what should be included, I make far more variety than I normally would even for a Yom Tov.

Goodnight.

Pita

Thu, Nov 24 2016, 12:46 am

Any of you who live in the U.S. should read "Rivka's First Thanksgiving." It is a lovely book.

PinkFridge

Thu, Nov 24 2016, 7:29 am

http://www.gcfl.net/archive.php?funny=7471

And yes, I thought about the brachos of this stage of galus and my hopes for the nation's stability and growth when davening. So am I yotzei? Tongue Out

mille

Thu, Nov 24 2016, 9:20 am

Got stuffing in the oven right now Smile

We celebrate it with a lot of extended family, usually like 30-40 of us!

Pita

Fri, Nov 25 2016, 10:49 am

Found a recipe for dumplings made from leftover stuffing. So tonight we will have turkey soup with stuffing balls.

Pita

Fri, Nov 25 2016, 10:49 am

Found a recipe for dumplings made from leftover stuffing. So tonight we will have turkey soup with stuffing balls.

zaq

Fri, Nov 25 2016, 11:36 am

Pita wrote:

I call the Shabbat afterwards "Yom Tov Sheini shel Thanksgiving." I think I am pretty funny.

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I think so, too!