Have a Happy Thanksgiving! Make sure the turkey is the only thing that gets stuffed!

Here are some turkey facts to impress people as you sit around the table today:

• In 2007, the average American ate 17.5 pounds of turkey.
  97% or Americans surveyed by the National Turkey Federation eat turkey at Thanksgiving.
• In 2007, 271,685,000 turkeys were produced in the United States.
• The average weight of a turkey purchased at Thanksgiving is 15 pounds.
• The heaviest turkey ever raised was 86 pounds, about the size of a large dog.
• A 15 pound turkey usually has about 70 percent white meat and 30 percent dark meat.

This morning at breakfast we got into an interesting conversation with the kids. It revolved around the real reasons we celebrate Thanksgiving and Christmas. Then it led to us discussing the difference between “wants” and “needs.” Here is the list we came up with (the bikini on the “want” list was Aida’s). 

It’s been really good to walk this journey with the kids. Consumerism is a hard thing to walk away from and TV indoctrinates the kids so early. We all discussed the difference between selfish and selfless. They’re young but they’re starting to get it. 

So we’re going for a bare bones Christmas season (well, we’ve been moving that way for years). 

This was a good start to the day and a good start to the holiday season.

[HT: Rev Kev]

Let’s rethink Christmas. Or at least think about Christmas. How often do we just act on impulse and get caught up into the “Christmas Spirit” of capitalism, selfishness and Wal-Mart. Let’s break the cycle this year.

Prayer is a beautiful thing.