We recently asked readers to share their favorite Thanksgiving memories. Their tales will warm your heart.
The traditions many of us celebrate each Thanksgiving with family and friends are the opportunity to gather with those we love, and revel in stories and recipes that bring laughter and fond memories of loved ones long departed.
They had the same impact on many of our readers, who shared memories of joining their mom or grandmother – or both – in the kitchen as they prepared dishes that still conjure up the sounds and tastes of family feasts, listening to relatives share what they were most thankful for, or cozying up on the couch to watch a movie or the big game.
“I was a Cleveland Press carrier - an afternoon paper. But the Thanksgiving issue was a morning edition, and it was the one day the paper was delivered before sunrise,” Boom explained. “I remember walking the quiet morning streets of my route in the cold morning, no lights on in any homes and the trees and streets swept bare of any leaves. I felt strangely privileged.”
Jon remembers how “we somehow travel to my sister’s home, filled with family and friends from different parts of the country. We all stayed at the house -- finding space to sleep -- but enjoying each other, the children, even the teens, and all the food – enough to feed a football team. Fond memories!”“One of my favorite memories is Thanksgiving Weekend 1987. It was the first time I hosted Thanksgiving. We had my family and my husband’s family, about 26 of us.
“As you know, many people try to cook a Thanksgiving turkey once a year and it’s less than successful,” Ray wrote. “My family concentrates on my mom’s recipe for stuffing instead. It requires 6 lbs. of pork, six eggs, bread crumbs, vegetables, mushrooms and seasoning. My wife and I have continued the tradition to make it every year. In fact, I like it so much. I persuade her to make it two or three times per year.”Loved ones lost are never far away on a holiday.
For Janie, “Thanksgiving Day was always the big ‘get together.’ Our step-dad yelled at us for hours. We were captives of the ‘grown-ups’ table. Cars were squeezed in the driveway. The elders have all passed away. Only my sister, and I, bring life to the past. We give thanks at the Olive Garden. Sometimes with tears.”Kathy wrote that her “favorite memory was when we would play charades after the meal. Girls vs Guys, then we would have dessert.
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