Your First Thanksgiving?

by daniel-p 5 Replies latest jw friends

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  daniel-p

  This Thursday I will be attending my very first, real, live, Thanksgiving dinner with some extended ("worldy") family. I'm pretty excited. I guess it might sound kind of silly to a lot of people, but then again, I've never celebrated any holiday in my entire life (born and raised in dub-world). I always liked the idea of Thanksgiving. Sure, there are some historic glitches when it comes to native Americans and so forth, but I think the nature of the holiday has superceded that. I laugh when I think of all the stupid reasoning the WTS used to not celebrate it. It was always the hardest holiday to talk your way out of when in the field ministry.

  Holidays are good. It helps us to remember the important things in life, to process our collective past, and just simply have a day off work. To eat, drink, and generally chill out with family and friends. And if I can do just a little bit of that, I'll consider my Thanksgiving holiday to be a successful one.

  Happy Thansgiving everyone,

  -dp
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  Wordly Andre

  Oh I know you will have a blast, my first real Thanksgiving I was 16 and was with my friend Mike's family, it was great tons of food if I remember they had something like 4 turkeys and 3 hams, huge spread, we ate then played games, then went back for seconds, then sat around slowing falling asleep one right after another.
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  momzcrazy

  Our first too, and I am hosting!!! I will be imbibing alot of wine on Thursday!

  momzcrazy
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  buffalosrfree

  I have always dreaded the were are meeting at the hall at 9:00 am this thursday (thanksgiving) as most are not working it sure would be nice to see a large crowd out there, and what a witness we will make and we know it please Jehovah.

  God what nonsense, leave people alone, the only witness they are making is showing people what asses they really are.
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  changeling

  Thanksgiving Day 1968.

  I'm 9 years old.

  For the first time ever Alice in Wonderland will be on network TV.

  My parents drag me out in field service and I catch glimses of the movie while peeking through people's doors.

  changeling
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  Cicatrix

  Enjoy!

  I wasn't born into JWs, so I had Thanksgiving before I joined. My children's first Thanksgiving actually came while we were still JWsI had to testify in a family court battle, and stayed with nonJWs because the court house was in their jurisdiction. So we shared in the Thanksgiving meal, because they were our hosts.Naughty, rebellious me (a woman, gasp) even said the prayer with MY HEAD UNCOVERED.