What's with #ThanksgivingGifts?

We Canadians don't get together with family & friends at Thanksgiving like the Americans.

For our southern neighbours, their Thanksgiving is the biggest travel time of the year.

For us, it's just immediate family & friends.

We gather for a meal, maybe watch some football, and celebrate the start of the NHL season and Hockey Night in Canada.

Yup, Thanksgiving is turning into a real turkey of a holiday!

 In our house, we celebrate a little differently.

When Dale & I were first married, we used to have Thanksgiving dinner at her Mom & Dad's in Edmonton. She's from a family of six kids, so when you add the babies & grandparents, there was almost 30 people in the house.

Now that's a celebration!

I "almost" miss the gathering, but then again it's been 23 years since we were in Edmonton for the holiday.

Everybody has drifted apart, and of the older relatives only her Dad is left. He's in his 80's now, and we still want him to know we're thinking about him, so we send him a small fruit & chocolate basket for Thanksgiving.

It's not the same as being home for Thanksgiving...but when we're that far away...we still like to give thanks to someone we miss every holiday.

Have a good one, Dad!