Thanksgiving is fast approaching. Many of us are already preparing for that big day.
A lot of work goes into a turkey dinner with all the trimmings, not to mention the housework as we tidy up in anticipation for guests.
Others are preparing ways to avoid topics like politics or longstanding family grudges and squabbles at the Thanksgiving table.
But all of this shopping, tidying up, cooking, conversation prep, anxiety and stress will be over all too quickly. Before you can say “pass the gravy,” you’re being decked by a soccer mom with a shopping cart as you race through a Target at 1:34 in the morning as Michael Buble’s “It’s Beginning to Look a Lot Like Christmas” blares over the speakers.
Well, maybe not.
Maybe you plan to stay in with your family, stuffed from the stuffing. You plan to sleep in the next day and then hit your local Main Street around 10 a.m. for some Plaid Friday shopping and hot cocoa.
What we are trying to say is that by late next week, the holiday season and all its silver bells, tinsel, sugar cookies and dreidels will be upon us.
Whatever you celebrate, holiday traditions are a big part of what makes life so special. But the best holidays are the ones in which we remember why we celebrate and are intentional about the gifts we give and the food we prepare for those we love, and ones in which we make time for family and tend to our spiritual lives.
These traditions and time with family bring holidays past to the forefront of our minds. Our traditions summon our memories and in return, our memories hold us to these traditions.
In honor of the 2019 holiday season, we invite you to share your holiday traditions and memories. Whether it be a recipe passed down from your grandmother, a memory of your favorite holiday or a favorite tradition in your family. Please contact us! We would love to share your holiday tradition or memory. Email us at news@ledgertranscript.com.