Thanksgiving

Whenever family and friends gather there is sure to be a camera. And, wherever there are pictures you have the opportunity to create a photo book. Enjoy your family's traditions and memories and compile them in a photo book.

Use the different information provided below to add some special touches to your own books.

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What is Thanksgiving?

Thanksgiving in the United States is celebrated on the 4th Thursday in November. It is a traditional harvest festival that was first celebrated by the Pilgrims in Plymouth, Massachusetts. Modern day celebrations tend to be a large turkey dinner followed by the viewing of football games. But each family has their own special traditions. Celebrate the special traditions and memories with a photo book.

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What Are Some Good Ideas for Thanksgiving Books?

• Thanksgiving Through the Years - Your own little time travel machine when you share pictures from your family gatherings over the years.
• The Food of Thanksgiving - Your Family Recipe Book
• Your Family Thanksgiving - The traditions and memories of the season.
• T-H-A-N-K-S Book - Following the "M" is for the "many things she does for us" poem for M-O-T-H-E-R, find what you are thankful for with the letters in THANKS.

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Thanksgiving Poems

At Grandma's House

I like the taste of turkey
Any time throughout the year
But it never
seems to taste as good
As when Thanksgiving's here.

Could be it's all the trimmings
That are cooked with it to eat-
But I think it's
eating at Grandma's house
That makes it such a treat!

~Author Unknown

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Thanksgiving Day

Over the river and through the wood,
To Grandfather's house we go;
The horse knows the way
To carry the sleigh
Through the white and drifted snow.

Over the river and through the wood,
Oh, how the wind does blow!
It stings the toes,
And bites the nose,
As over the ground we go.

Over the river and through the wood,
Trot fast, my dapple gray!
Spring over the ground,
Like a hunting hound,
For this is Thanksgiving-Day.

Over the river and through the wood,
And straight through the barnyard gate!
We seem to go
Extremely slow,
It is so hard to wait!

Over the river and through the wood;
Now Grandmother's cap I spy!
Hurrah for the fun!
Is the pudding done?
Hurrah for the pumpkin pie!

by Lydia Maria Child

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The Pilgrims Came

The Pilgrims came across the sea,
And never thought of you and me;
And yet it's very strange the way
We think of them Thanksgiving day.

We tell their story, old and true
Of how they sailed across the blue,
And found a new land to be free
And built their homes quite near the sea.

Every child knows well the tale
Of how they bravely turned the sail
And journeyed many a day and night,
To worship God as they thought right.

Author Unknown

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