Reasons to be thankful and new traditions to consider

How great is it that we set aside one day a year to remember what wonderful gifts God has bestowed on us? And while food and football really doesn’t rank up there in importantance like your parents, your children, or a hot girlfriend, they both have place. For as long as I can remember I have associated good food with good times.
I don`t believe I can remember a celebration of any kind (other than marriage and Christmas) where the food was just important as the event.  It`s a similar situation with football. What day can`t be brightened by a game of football? If you are lucky, you have a meal before and after the game and snacks throughout. It is fat guy heaven.
Don`t blame me, at an early age I was taught about fun.  Fun at our house included too much food and lots of smiles. It was permissible to scream and holler and jump over the furniture during a football game. I know it was permissible because my mother did it nearly every Sunday. What better gift to pass on than the gift of excitement?  
 

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