With Thanksgiving and the winter holidays in the near future, people are beginning to make plans for where they will eat their meals and what they will buy their acquaintances. The massive amounts of cooking and eating around Thanksgiving, and the gift exchanges of the holidays are causing people to lose focus of what is truly important during the holiday season.
The modern day Thanksgiving started when the Native Americans and Pilgrims had a meal together in Plymouth, Pennsylvania. Pilgrims and Native Americans felt they needed to give thanks and celebrate how lucky they were to have a great harvesting season.
Thanksgiving is meant to be a holiday of giving thanks, exactly what the name implies. People are already making plans on what they will cook, where they will go on vacation and where they will find the best sales on Black Friday.
Thanksgiving is a time to be spent with family and friends. It does not matter what is eaten, or where it is eaten, as long as it is eaten with special people. Spending time with mothers, fathers, sisters, brothers, or best friends on Thanksgiving gives one the opportunity to express their gratefulness for having them in their lives.
Winter holidays, nowadays, are a time of rushing to the mall at the last minute to pick up a gift for the third cousin that is always forgotten. People are so involved and worried about buying gifts that they end up missing out on the special moments that happen during the last few months of the year.
If people slowed down and did not worry about the hustle and bustle of the holidays, they might get more enjoyment out of it. Planning a day where the entire extended family meets and spends time together, decorating the house with family, or going to a holiday concert with a group of friends are all great ways to get closer with loved ones during the holidays.
This year try to remember to tell friends and family how important they are and how much they are loved. If this is the main focus of the holidays people will have less stress and will be able to enjoy their time off much more.
