Something about the beginning of Thanksgiving week, that awakens, revs up and builds our sense of smell, taste and well being into a state of frenzy. Although holiday decorations have long graced the department store shelves, this week begins the official holiday season. But how do you have a season filled with crackling fireplaces, hot mulled cider, steaming mugs of hot chocolate, icicles. and dazzling displays of holiday lights, when the temperature is hovering close to eighty degrees? Since presidential campaign season is also in full swing, answering a question with a question should make everyone feel right at home! Have you ever seen the trunk of a palm tree completely wrapped in miniature white lights, while it's majestic fronds sway in the soft evening breeze, outlined only by the stars and moonshine thats grace this heavenly tropical sky? Many a nativity scene outlined by these same small lights are tucked beneath these stands of palms, a true reminder of the season.
Yet if it is colder temperatures and snowy landscapes you long for, one can visit the ice palace, a dazzling inside display of sub freezing temperatures that will accompany you on your stroll through this winter wonderland. Here ice carvings, larger than life ice toys and playgrounds, all in the spirit of the holiday season come to life. One never has to worry the cold temperature will be too much, winter weather geer is provided! A visit to this make-believe land of ice and snow will make you feel as though you are on top of the world at Santa's North Pole.
Back to Thanksgiving, a holiday that somehow has lost its true meaning. As a child, the dazzling displays of the Christmas season began the day after Thanksgiving. Thanksgiving was a stand alone holiday, being thankful was the true meaning. I'd like to believe for many it still is. Yet I ask myself what am I thankful for? Not wanting to be greedy but admitting to myself I am thankful for everything. My faith, family, friends and health top my list, but the truth is, I am thankful for so much more. We live in a world where everything is taken for granted and others not as fortunate as some. I am thankful that I can see, hear and hopefully make a difference for those that cannot. Everyday we are bombarded with the negativity of the world, the horrors of war and the greed that so quickly consumes. I am thankful, my family intact, has not had to witness these horrors, but am confident myself and my children have the power to help those that cannot help themselves. Knowing that "help" does not always have to be in such grand proportions, it starts with small and meager steps.
In the faced paced world we now live in, Thanksgiving is the holiday tucked between the frightfully scary Halloween season and the shopping frenzy season of Christmas. For me the season of Thanksgiving isn't just one day. As each day begins and I go about all that needs to be done, I am so thankfully aware I can be a participant in life, I can make a difference. I do not need another holiday to make a resolution, being thankful is a mindset, life is a priviledge that I am thankfully aware of.
Yet if it is colder temperatures and snowy landscapes you long for, one can visit the ice palace, a dazzling inside display of sub freezing temperatures that will accompany you on your stroll through this winter wonderland. Here ice carvings, larger than life ice toys and playgrounds, all in the spirit of the holiday season come to life. One never has to worry the cold temperature will be too much, winter weather geer is provided! A visit to this make-believe land of ice and snow will make you feel as though you are on top of the world at Santa's North Pole.
Back to Thanksgiving, a holiday that somehow has lost its true meaning. As a child, the dazzling displays of the Christmas season began the day after Thanksgiving. Thanksgiving was a stand alone holiday, being thankful was the true meaning. I'd like to believe for many it still is. Yet I ask myself what am I thankful for? Not wanting to be greedy but admitting to myself I am thankful for everything. My faith, family, friends and health top my list, but the truth is, I am thankful for so much more. We live in a world where everything is taken for granted and others not as fortunate as some. I am thankful that I can see, hear and hopefully make a difference for those that cannot. Everyday we are bombarded with the negativity of the world, the horrors of war and the greed that so quickly consumes. I am thankful, my family intact, has not had to witness these horrors, but am confident myself and my children have the power to help those that cannot help themselves. Knowing that "help" does not always have to be in such grand proportions, it starts with small and meager steps.
In the faced paced world we now live in, Thanksgiving is the holiday tucked between the frightfully scary Halloween season and the shopping frenzy season of Christmas. For me the season of Thanksgiving isn't just one day. As each day begins and I go about all that needs to be done, I am so thankfully aware I can be a participant in life, I can make a difference. I do not need another holiday to make a resolution, being thankful is a mindset, life is a priviledge that I am thankfully aware of.
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