Wednesday, November 21, 2012
We'd like you to share your memories from Thanksgivings past, from football to food to family.
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Wednesday, November 21, 2012
Football, food and family. Those seem to be the big themes each year at Thanksgiving. My favorite memory is walking into the home of my grandmother or my aunt and being flooded with the wonderful smells from the kitchen. My aunt had one of those old black, cast-iron stoves and there would always be a pan of homemade gravy heating on the stove top. What are some of your favorite Thanksgiving Day memories? We'd like you to share some of your memories, stories and maybe even an old photo or two. Happy Thanksgiving!!
Tuesday, November 20, 2012
Celebrate next week's holiday by reading some of these Thanksgiving-themed books.
Although it's not as famous as Halloween or Christmas, the Thanksgiving holiday does have it's fair share of literature dedicated to it. Whether you're young and still reading picture books, or an adult, we have a little something for everyone in our Patch Reads book list. So grab your turkey and enjoy some books as side dishes! To find out more about these and other holiday reads, head over to the Tewksbury Public Library. Younger readers: 'Twas the Night Before Thanksgiving—In a switch on the classic Clement Moore poem, some boys and girls have an eventful Thanksgiving eve. If You Lived In Colonial Times—This book outlines what the lives were like for the Pilgrims and Colonists from 1565 to 1776. The First Thanksgiving—Geared toward …
Columnist Christine Berry MacKenzie reflects on Thanksgiving traditions.
These days it often seems like time passes more and more quickly. Family life is hectic, parents and kids are busier than ever and, oftentimes, there just don’t seem to be enough hours in the day. Unfortunately, that sometimes means that we, as moms, don’t always make the time to enjoy the same traditions that we did when we were kids. Holidays come and go quickly and, sometimes, Thanksgiving seems to have become nothing more than the day before the “silly season” of Christmas shopping begins. Let’s face it, Christmas decorations seem to be going up earlier and earlier every year and, by the time Thanksgiving rolls around, we often seem to be so programmed into the upcoming holiday stress that we forget exactly what we should be giving …
malcolm nichols
7:31 am on Wednesday, November 21, 2012
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