Meaning of Thanksgiving—Profound to Funny

Depending on your age, talents, skills, and family situation, you're probably doing one or all these things today:

• prepping food
• cooking and/or baking
• yelling (at kids or spouse)
• giving orders (run to the store for milk
• setting a table
• or primping to look your best in a game day jersey or fancy dress clothes.

Yes, it's that family holiday we call Thanksgiving.

When you get a chance to colllapse and put your feet up—usually when everyone else is taking a nap after dinner—here are a few quotes for your entertainment and pleasure.

Thanksgiving From Profound to Funny...Often in the Same Quote

Appreciation can change a day, even change a life. Your willingness to put it into words is all that is necessary. —Margaret Cousins 

Thanksgiving is a time to count your blessings, one by one, as each relative goes home. —Melanie White 

What I love about Thanksgiving is that it's purely about getting together with friends or family and enjoying food. It's really for everybody, and it doesn't matter where you're from. —Daniel Humm 

If you think about a Thanksgiving dinner, it's really like making a large chicken. —Ina Garten

We must find the time to stop and thank the people who make a difference in our lives. —John F. Kennedy 

After a good dinner, one can forgive anybody, even one's own relations. —Oscar Wilde

Feeling gratitude and not expressing it is like wrapping a present and not giving it. —William Arthur Ward

Cooking Tip: Wrap turkey leftovers in aluminum foil and throw them out. —Nicole Hollander

Give thanks not just on Thanksgiving Day, but every day of your life. Appreciate and never take for granted all that you have. —Catherine Pulsifier 

Thanksgiving, man. Not a good day to be my pants. —Kevin James

Gratitude is when memory is stored in the heart and not in the mind. —Lionel Hampton

If there's one thing I’ve learned over the eons, it's that you can't give up on your family, no matter how tempting they make it. —Rick Riordan

TAKEAWAY TRUTH

It's like Charlie Brown said, "We should just be thankful for being together."

Wishing you a day of full of happiness with family and friends.