Thanksgiving is an opportunity to bring your family together and a great ay to make precious memories... Autumn, with its vibrant leaves, crisp, clean air, and bountiful harvest, invokes a sense
of comfort and family togetherness that no other season can match. With harvest festivals aplenty, this is the time of year to enjoy the bounty of your garden or the harvest of farmers in your area. Choosing local harvest foods, such as pumpkins, apples and squash, is a great way to support your community and begin planning for family gatherings such as Thanksgiving which is always a fun time of celebration and creating special memories with your family.
Here are some fun Thanksgiving ideas for your family this year...Thankful cards
- Make a card for each family member that will be your guest for
Thanksgiving this year. On each card, tell that person what you love most about them,
and why you are thankful for them.
Recipe books
- A few months before Thanksgiving, contact each family member.
Beside their name, make a note of their best dish and ask for a copy of that recipe, plus
one or two of their own favorites that they'd like to share.
Mini family scrapbooks
- Gather family pictures, if you don't have many pictures, take them to a local copier and have extra prints made.Write what you are thankful for, in relation to each family member, on their designated pages.