2018 Home for the Holidays

Page 6 2018 Home for the Holidays LINCOLN DAILY NEWS November 21, 2018 W hen the family is seated around the table and their reaction is that of awe to the perfectly done turkey, it’s a moment of deep satisfaction. Thanksgiving is perhaps the most relaxing national celebration of the year. It is a down-to-earth time when family and friends are home for the holiday to gather around the table and join together in eating the harvest. Wisdom practices such as expressing gratitude, sharing, and giving are integral to many indigenous cultures and communities. The Thanksgiving or Harvest dinners usually were three day feasts held by the European settlement of North America. What is most astonishing is that we have kept the turkey as the main course of food during the tradition as far back as the gathering of the pilgrims and the Native American Indians or the Wampanoag Tribe in 1621. The awe when that perfectly done turkey appears Continued u By Catherine Carkulis