The Act of Giving Thanks

acción de gracias

þakkargjörð

θεία ευχαριστία

благодарственный молебен

صَلاة شُكْ

There are many ways to say this simple phrase. Here giving thanks is most associated with Thanksgiving Day. A day when family gather together, eat and express gratitude for what they have. Course the tradition various per family, city, state and region. In my household we have dinner that day for family and friends … and then again later in the week if family members are unable to attend the first time. Usually this means we have at least two thanksgiving meals.
We crowd ourselves into the sunroom around two small round tables and eat till content.

The house is deep cleaned. Candles are lite and a movie runs in the living room just in case things get awkward or conversation lags.

The night usually ends in the entrance room where we sit on the couch, stand, sit on the floor and finish catching up.

Бог благословляет вас

~ by rebreakfast on December 2, 2008.