Forgetting Thanksgiving?

I have noticed that in stores, on TV, in advertisements of any kind, and on the Internet that people are ready for Christmas. I thought that there was another holiday, day we as the United States celebrated on the last Thursday of November, which so happens to be the 26th this year. What I am talking about, if you are one of those who forgot or is so focused on Christmas, is Thanksgiving! My wife has been interested in starting to listen to some Christmas music. I at first told her that we should wait till after Thanksgiving. But as I began to think about it. We should listen to this music because it helps to be thankful to God for sending His Son to earth as a baby that He might grow into a man who would take away the sins of the world. I am extremely thankful for that! So we are actually listen to Christmas music now. My other concern about "forgetting Thanksgiving" is that Christmas in today's world focuses people on getting. Children see santa as a big jolly, bearded guy who comes down chimnes to give toys and things to them. All advertisements are focused on enticing people to ask for certain things from others so that they may get something. I think that we need to remember Thanksgiving because it is a time for us to reflect on all that God has given us and rejoice because of them. I am not saying that we should forget Christmas but that we should not just skip over Thanksgiving either. My thoughts are that we should be thankful to God for who He is and what He has done and then be excited about an opportunity to give to others something that would be helpful to them at Christmas; a time where God gave us His Son so that we may have eternal life. I am striving in my own heart to be thankful for what God has done and given to me and my family. I am also praying that God would help me to know what I should give those whom I love to help them become more like Christ and to simply help them. I would encourage you to think about this as well.

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