For What Shall We Give Thanks? A Prayer of Praise in the Midst of Want

"So, for what shall we give thanks? When life is unforgiving and our hearts grow hard? When all the verses filled with all the things we have to be grateful for -- should be thankful for -- crumble to dust in our mouths? When God seems missing and we have nothing at night to warm us except the questions we never dared ask before?"

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10 Things You Might Not Know About Turkey

"You may think you know all you need to know about turkey. Don't be too proud to check out this list of interesting facts about the star of Thanksgiving dinner."

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Thanksgiving compact: A 15-point pledge to ensure a peaceable feast

"Would you like to avoid emotional indigestion at Thanksgiving? Do you want to have a regret-free holiday? Then you need our 15-point Thanksgiving pledge."

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Thanksgiving Place Mats: A Craft for Kids to Save the Sanity of Parents

"Honor the spirit of Thanksgiving and keep the kids occupied until the meal is ready by making place mats that recount what the child is thankful for on the big day. Stickers, drawings, wording or a combination can turn a sheet of paper into a decorative addition to the dinner table."

Start with an outline of the child's hand for a Hand Print Turkey

Preprint place mats with clip art for children to color.

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Jennifer Garner and Frigidaire Team Up this Holiday Season to Support Save the Children

"Just like turkey and all the trimmings, the kids' table is a holiday tradition — a fun-filled, no adult zone where good times rule. Now, Frigidaire and Save the Children's Artist Ambassador Jennifer Garner are asking families to 'set a place at a virtual kids' table' to support Save the Children's efforts to ensure that kids in the U.S. have access to healthy foods this holiday season and all year long."

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First Thanksgiving: Iraqi refugee thankful for new life in U.S.

"An Iraqi refugee who fled her native Baghdad last month will give thanks with her American host family for the holiday.

Natalie Ali, 36, worked as a mission interpreter for American troops in Iraq for six years, risking her life as her family’s soul breadwinner. A Shiite Muslim who converted to Christianity, Ali was a target by Sunni spies because she helped Americans. She feared for her life, especially after one of her friends, also an interpreter, was assassinated along with her husband and children."

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