Personal accounts of Thanksgiving memories 25 Articles

by Annalou Mack

American Thanksgiving Ukrainian Style Preparing a Thanksgiving meal is work, anywhere in the world as any American cook will tell you. But let's contrast the way it's done in the U.S. with the way I did it in Ukraine. ...read more

by Mary Ann Neber

I knew this Thanksgiving would be difficult. Mom had died the week before the holiday and we were all taking her death very hard. I was having the holiday at my house and I especially wanted to help dad with his pain and, ...read more

by Kenda Robertson

Thanksgiving Mourning I awake to the sounds of soft jazz and the smell of sweet cinnamon-laced coffee brewing downstairs. The early morning sun peeks softly through the window blinds, but my feather bed envelopes me in ...read more

by David Wilcox

Thanksgiving is a holiday filled with feasting, joy, chat and merriment. And just like millions of Americans, my family and some of our friends hold a traditional feast on Thanksgiving. Every year my family celebrates ...read more

by Dame Leo

What Was I To Do Now, A Four Foot Snowstorm Fell On My Holiday? Several years ago my husband and I had moved away from our families on the East Coast. My husband had accepted a transfer out of our home state. We were n...read more

by Margo Crawford

A Thanksgiving Reminder It the Monday before Thanksgiving. It's a time when grocery stores advertise their specials on turkey, cranberry sauce, and pumpkin pies. People are hard at work on a short week to meet all sorts...read more

by Linda Batey

We lived with my grandparents when I grew up, part of a huge family that treasured family time. My grandparents had seven children who proceeded with the desire to carry on the Scott name. Thanksgiving was THE holiday ...read more

by Em Dickinson

My First Thanksgiving Memory She stood, staring out the window. She was a short and stocky woman. Wisps of thin white hair stuck out of her black scarf. She wore a black wool skirt and black sweater over her white blous...read more

by Karli-Marie Reyes

Someone asked me the other day what my favorite holiday is. When I responded "Thanksgiving," I was greeted with an expression of confusion, curiosity and terror. Accompanying the dismay was the response "I hate Thanksgi...read more

by Danielle B

Thanksgiving was always a fantastic time when it came to my family. All of my family, aunts, uncles, cousins and everyone else would pack into my grandparents living room and dining room. There would honestly be about fi...read more

by Douglas Dunn

It's Thanksgiving Day, 2005. I might have started a new Thanksgiving tradition this morning, albeit a lonely one. I awoke before sunrise, as is my tradition most days, and made my pot of coffee, took the dog out to do hi...read more

by Ann Mullen-Martin

NOT ALL THANKSGIVINGS ARE HAPPY This story was told to me a long time ago and it has since haunted me in a strange sort of way. It was November, 1963; the President of the United States had been assassinated in Dall...read more

by Amelia Love

This Thanksgiving, my family sat down for a wonderful Thanksgiving meal. Immediately, my five year old niece began jumping all over me, demanding attention and a game. I did not want to get on to her and make her unhappy...read more

by Robin Canada

We loved the car ride every year. The four of us siblings would cram in the back seat, without seatbelts, and play I Spy with our parents for hours. When that got tiring, my dad would start singing and we would all join in...read more

by Roberta Arnold

We are now in the process of getting everything ready for our family Thanksgiving dinner this week. It seems like everything we do brings back memories of Thanksgiving Holidays when I was a child. We always had Thanksgiv...read more

by Millie Pickering

It was Thanksgiving Day 2006. The sun was shining, the air was crisp, and I was miserable. An ocean away from the cold New England coast where I was born and raised, all I could think of was that I should have been peeli...read more

by Ari

Thanksgiving~now there is a word that can bring either joy or horror to a mother's world. You have to worry about making sure everyone gets what they want at the dinner table, yet, you also get to see the smiles on the fac...read more

by Linda Paul

On November 22, while most people are celebrating Thanksgiving, I will be working an eight hour shift at my retail job. I don't mind though, because I will have already celebrated Thanksgiving with my friends and family o...read more

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by Juli Huey

Thanksgiving: the pagan holiday during which the fattest country in the world fuels the obesity "epidemic" (after all, obesity is a highly contagious disease that infects thousands daily. The disease, which mutates often, ...read more

by Meghan Tangney

Through the cool crisp air, sunlight shines on his face, accentuating the soft, delicate skin and joyful smile as you bounce him up and down. Your strong hands lovingly grip around his giggling ribcage. Hands that have l...read more