Thanksgiving Questions
Mike Stone
Ephesians 5:15-21
Thanksgiving is that day where you drive for hours to spend time with family members you only see once a year, only to be reminded...once a year is WAY TOO OFTEN!
I heard about a man who was preparing Thanksgiving meal. His pet parrot kept bothering him and being rude. To discipline him, the man put the parrot in the refrigerator next to the Butterball Turkey he was thawing. After a few minutes, the man took the parrot out and the bird said, ''S-s-s-s-so sorry! P-p-p-p-please f-f-f-orgive m-m-m-me. But may I ask a question? Wh-wh-wh-wh-what did that t-t-t-t- turkey do?''
That's what I'd call a Thanksgiving question!
In 1863, Lincoln called for 2 days of Thanksgiving. One was in August to express thanks for the Union victory at Gettysburg. The other was a general day of Thanksgiving for the last Thursday of November. By the 1890's nearly every state in the union celebrated Thanksgiving on the last Thursday of the month.
In 1939, the country was still crawling out of the Great Depression. Retailers were concerned that with Thanksgiving coming on the last Thursday of the month, which was November 30th, there would only be about 20 shopping days until Christmas. Thanksgiving was not only a holiday in its own right, but it was the official start of the Christmas shopping season.
FDR called for the holiday to be moved to the 4th Thursday. Republican-controlled states protested the change. So 23 states celebrated on the 4th Thursday, November 23rd, and 23 states celebrated on the last Thursday, November 30th. 2 states celebrated both! In November 1941, just a few weeks before Pearl Harbor, FDR signed legislation officially making Thanksgiving the fourth Thursday of the month.
Now with all that background, you can win a game of Trivia Pursuit if the questions have anything to do with Thanksgiving. But I find here in Ephesians 5 there are some powerful answers to some probing questions about the gi ...
Mike Stone
Ephesians 5:15-21
Thanksgiving is that day where you drive for hours to spend time with family members you only see once a year, only to be reminded...once a year is WAY TOO OFTEN!
I heard about a man who was preparing Thanksgiving meal. His pet parrot kept bothering him and being rude. To discipline him, the man put the parrot in the refrigerator next to the Butterball Turkey he was thawing. After a few minutes, the man took the parrot out and the bird said, ''S-s-s-s-so sorry! P-p-p-p-please f-f-f-orgive m-m-m-me. But may I ask a question? Wh-wh-wh-wh-what did that t-t-t-t- turkey do?''
That's what I'd call a Thanksgiving question!
In 1863, Lincoln called for 2 days of Thanksgiving. One was in August to express thanks for the Union victory at Gettysburg. The other was a general day of Thanksgiving for the last Thursday of November. By the 1890's nearly every state in the union celebrated Thanksgiving on the last Thursday of the month.
In 1939, the country was still crawling out of the Great Depression. Retailers were concerned that with Thanksgiving coming on the last Thursday of the month, which was November 30th, there would only be about 20 shopping days until Christmas. Thanksgiving was not only a holiday in its own right, but it was the official start of the Christmas shopping season.
FDR called for the holiday to be moved to the 4th Thursday. Republican-controlled states protested the change. So 23 states celebrated on the 4th Thursday, November 23rd, and 23 states celebrated on the last Thursday, November 30th. 2 states celebrated both! In November 1941, just a few weeks before Pearl Harbor, FDR signed legislation officially making Thanksgiving the fourth Thursday of the month.
Now with all that background, you can win a game of Trivia Pursuit if the questions have anything to do with Thanksgiving. But I find here in Ephesians 5 there are some powerful answers to some probing questions about the gi ...
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