But it is about what YOU do for that holiday. Thanksgiving our whole family gets together and we have our old pastor and his wife over. We celebrate our thanks for what we have. Often times my grandpa makes a speach about family and he comes to tears while doing it, its those traditions that make the holidays memorable and meaningful to you. I love Thanksgiving because it is a time of giving, yah it has been commercialized but with food drives and more people in the spirit to donate food and volunteer at shelters and soup kitchens, i think it is good for the community (although people should be giving all year around
). Also my ancestors John and Sarah Eaton came to this wonderful country on the Mayflower and I am proud of what they did for leaving England was a major endeavor in itself. Yes the meaning of these holidays get lost in the media and commercializing but if you remember the meaning, then does it really matter??
Christmas is a time where I get to see my uncle from Alabama, I see him once a year. I love our traditions of our Progressive dinner, going and seeing lights, caroling, attending the late night mass on Christmas Eve, Christmas morning breakfast, there is nothing like the feeling of being with your family and celebrating, I love to decorate the Christmas tree, and setting up the manger with Jesus and Mary and the angel. This to me means more than anything, being with family. Now I will say Columbus day is relatively a joke, we should be celebrating that Americo Verspuce....however you spell his name who I think really found America and i think our country was named after??? I could be wrong.
Christmas is a time where I get to see my uncle from Alabama, I see him once a year. I love our traditions of our Progressive dinner, going and seeing lights, caroling, attending the late night mass on Christmas Eve, Christmas morning breakfast, there is nothing like the feeling of being with your family and celebrating, I love to decorate the Christmas tree, and setting up the manger with Jesus and Mary and the angel. This to me means more than anything, being with family. Now I will say Columbus day is relatively a joke, we should be celebrating that Americo Verspuce....however you spell his name who I think really found America and i think our country was named after??? I could be wrong.