Let the Holidays begin . . .



As we finished the month of October with many fascinating Halloween characters, took down the ghosts hanging in our yard, we hung the Thanksgiving flag from the veranda and the wreath on the door and filled the cornucopia with small ears of colored corn and lots of funny-shaped gourds grown in our yard.

On the first of the month, my son & daughter went to see the reenactment of the First Thanksgiving at the Berkeley Plantation on the James River on Route 5 in Charles City County, VA.
In 1619, English settlers observed the first official Thanksgiving in America with Native Americans. Read more about it at: http://www.berkeleyplantation.com/first-thanksgiving.html

The next Sunday was Veteran’s Day, a solemn occasion of reverence, respect and regard for all those who served our country. My husband and son went to the Veteran’s Day Ceremony held at the Victory Arch in Newport News, Virginia. Songs, Anthems, speakers and tributes were performed, with the resounding cry from the lone trumpeter playing Taps. This is a good time to honor your family veteran by placing a remembrance to them in your Family Museum.

And if this isn’t enough, next weekend starts the holiday season off with a staggering display of holiday cheer and delight at Busch Gardens Christmas Towne. My son is a train conductor on the steam-powered locomotives taking park guest on a Railway train ride around the park. https://buschgardens.com/williamsburg/events/christmas-town/

Then on Thanksgiving Day, not only is it a national holiday, it is also a special day for us for it will be our 49^th Wedding Anniversary. I guess we will be having turkey for dinner and of course, champagne to celebrate the occasion.

Once Thanksgiving is over, out comes the Christmas decorations. As this holiday season is longer, we take our time opening a plethora of boxes filled with Christmas lights, garlands, ornaments, and wreaths, decorating and truly enjoy the bright color lights and festive colors throughout the house.

 So let the festivities commence and save these memories in our Family Museum.                                                           Happy Holidays
 

I want to take this moment to write a few words about the devastating fires in California. In my previous post of Oct. 21: Lost Memories can be replaced,” I wrote how lives can by rebuilt by finding replacements for their lost heirlooms, giving them a sense of place and history again. Now more than ever it is important to consider creating a Family Museum to protect and proudly display ones' heritage. God Bless and carry on . . .