THE RUINING OF THANKSGIVING DAY
October 3, 1863, President Abraham Lincoln, set aside
the 4th Thursday of November as a day of Thanksgiving for the
blessings bestowed upon this Nation and her people by God, the creator.
This day has always represented a time for families to
gather together and enjoy their bounty as a family. It’s a day to step away from work, jobs,
stress, etc. and enjoy the time spent
with family and friends being thankful for all the blessings in our lives.
The first 20 years I was married, my family was my
husband, Jim, and myself. Some years we
spent with extended family, sometimes with friends. Often it was just the two of us but it was
still a day of being together, away from our jobs and enjoying that day of just
being together.
When Ashlie arrived in August, 1992, I decided that we
would have our first full blown Thanksgiving dinner. Every year since, I have spent 3 days getting
ready for our Thanksgiving meal. What
started out as a huge meal that provided leftovers for days has now become a
meal that is just enough for lunch and dinner.
Although the homemade dinner is great, the food is not the important
thing. It’s having us all sitting at
the dining room table, having everyone share what they are so thankful for this
past year and just getting to spend time with family and friends.
I understand that there are people who will always have
to work on Thanksgiving. First
responders and health care workers are needed and are critical to have on this
day, like any day. There are industries
that require 24 hour employees. However,
most of these companies work to make sure that their employees have either
lunch or dinner to be with their families.
Now, in our beautiful country, the United States, a
new trend is happening. Retail stores
have decided to be open on Thanksgiving.
There is no reason for this decision other than greed. Don’t their employees deserve to have this
day off to spend with their families? Is
the CEO of Sears, Walmart, Target, ToyRUs, Kmart, JC Penneys, just to name a
few, going to be working on Thanksgiving?
Or is he or she going to be sitting around the Thanksgiving table with
his/her family & friends laughing and giving thanks for their
blessings? Couldn’t they remember to
give thanks for their employees and decide that they, too, deserve to have this
National Holiday off with their family and friends?
I hope these CEO’s will put profit aside for this one
day and show their gratitude for all of their employees who work every day. Give them this Thanksgiving Day off so they
can celebrate with their family just like you CEO’s are.
And you can help this happen. Stay home on Thanksgiving Day! Refuse to shop these retailers on our
National Holiday of Thanksgiving. There
is nothing you buy on Thursday that you can’t buy on Friday. If the stores are empty on Thanksgiving, the
CEO’s will get the message. If you
choose to go out after you stuffed your belly and participate in this, then
you, my friend, are just like the CEO’s.
And who knows, maybe next year your employer will decide that you don’t
need your Thanksgiving off and will keep your place of employment open. Will that be when you decide it’s wrong?
The choice is yours.
Let’s keep our tradition of Thanksgiving what it was meant to be. A day of family and friends enjoying being
together with food made with love and the sharing of blessings and thanksgiving
with family and friends. Choose to
stay out of retail stores on Thanksgiving.
copyrighted 2014
caryn cannatella
Skinny Fiber Sales:
www.caryncann.com
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