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debodun said:
American Thanksgiving is on November 25th this year (always the 4th Thursday in November). Exactly a month before Christmas. This holiday is a sad time for me. My mom passed 2 days after Thanksgiving in 2006. This year will be 15 years and Thanksgiving occurs on that same day, the 25th.

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In 1939, President Roosevelt moved Thanksgiving Day to the third Thursday of the month, thus prolonging the Christmas-shopping window. But later, in 1941, Congress passed a law making it the fourth Thursday of November.

That was before I was born, but for some reason I've always thought of it as falling on the 3rd Thur of Nov. Pretty weird.

Maybe I'm living a parallel life. Which is ok, because, more turkey sandwiches.
 
debodun said:
This holiday is a sad time for me. My mom passed 2 days after Thanksgiving in 2006. This year will be 15 years and Thanksgiving occurs on that same day, the 25th.
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GeorgiaXplant said:
Thanksgiving in 2003 was on November 27. My son died on Sunday, November 30:(, almost 18 years ago. He was 41.
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I hope you guys manage to have a pleasant Thanksgiving, though. 💐
 
My father died:
1981. November 23rd. Monday night. 11pm.
Thanksgiving was that Thursday, November 26th. Haven't forgotten a second of that drama. Sitting Shiva.

Big days attract Big events. A lot of deaths occur around one's birthday, holidays, and so forth.
 
Pepper said:
My father died:
1981. November 23rd. Monday night. 11pm.
Thanksgiving was that Thursday, November 26th. Haven't forgotten a second of that drama. Sitting Shiva.

Big days attract Big events. A lot of deaths occur around one's birthday, holidays, and so forth.
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Sorry to learn your father's death had occurred during this holiday, and also the family members of Debodun,GeorgiaXplant, and Pepper. I also noticed deaths around these times, particularly near birthdays. May they all rest in peace!
 
Sharing with you a poem I wrote about Thanksgiving -

HAPPY THANKSGIVING

With all the love and joy of Thanksgiving -

I wish you the sun's bright rays
And wind caressing your face

I wish you cheerful friends
Through life's difficult bends

I wish all pain and sorrow
Blow away before tomorrow

I wish the peace of love
To envelope you from above

I wish the blessings of
Abundance to reign on you

And from this free land
That we call our home

I wish you a very
Happy Thanksgiving!

With gratefulness.
 
Pepper said:
My father died:
1981. November 23rd. Monday night. 11pm.
Thanksgiving was that Thursday, November 26th. Haven't forgotten a second of that drama. Sitting Shiva.

Big days attract Big events. A lot of deaths occur around one's birthday, holidays, and so forth.
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You are, right only so many days on the calendar and deaths often occur near someone in the family's birthday or near a holiday. All three of my sisters had birthdays close to or on holidays. The eldest 12/20, the next 2/13 and the third right on traditional Memorial Day. Since that holiday was changed after we were all adults we always still thought of it as on her Birthday.

The oldest two are deceased now so i am reminded every year. Christmas is always difficult cause first DH's Birthday was 12/26 he was killed on 12/10. Plus my Mom who loved Christmas, was like a kid about it and usually worked hard to make it good for kids (except the first few after she left Dad but that's a story for another time) so Christmas reminds me of 3 loved ones who died.

For my Brother spring months hardest because Mom died in April, Mothers' Day in May and then her Birthday, 6/24. The first year that hit me hard but after that it was mostly at Christmas i missed her. My sons' Birthday is 6/27 so i had to get a grip, they were almost 10 when she passed.

So yeah, there's always some sad anniversary reminder.
 
For American members - what is a traditional Thanksgiving dish or two that your mom made for Thanksgiving that you never had again after she was gone or could duplicate?

My mom's cornbread stuffing.

She also made what she called 'yummy yams'. If she had a recipe for it, I never found it. Besides sweet potatoes, there were sliced apples and some chopped nuts (walnuts or pecans) in it and a crumb topping. No marshmallow. It was almost like sweet potato crisp.
 
debodun said:
For American members - what is a traditional Thanksgiving dish or two that your mom made for Thanksgiving that you never had again after she was gone or could duplicate?

My mom's cornbread stuffing.

She also made what she called 'yummy yams'. If she had a recipe for it, I never found it. Besides sweet potatoes, there were sliced apples and some chopped nuts (walnuts or pecans) in it and a crumb topping. No marshmallow. It was almost like sweet potato crisp.
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Did it look like this?
https://www.diamondnuts.com/recipe/yams-baked-with-apples-sage-and-pecans/

This looks like the one my mom used to make. And yeah, it was yummy.
 
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This is so important and such clear info, I think it would be good to post it in its own thread. Perhaps in a visible section of the forum, even General Discussions. So more people will see the timely advise!

Even someone who does not have one, might be visiting someone with a dog, or having a visitor with one, so should be more aware.
 
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