Conference lgp30::christian-perspective

    ��Hi Richard,
    
    We do not watch sports in my house.
    
    Shalom,
    Nancy

    Cooking generally starts the day before. :-) All hands help both with
    cooking and clean up. In my uncle/aunt's family all the baking, of 
    which there is a lot, is done by the men. In my house it's split with
    my son helping quite a bit.

    Thanksgiving cooking serves a dual purpose in our house. We cook much
    more than we need for one meal. Typically we freeze enough for 2-4
    extra meals. This is for use as a time saver. It allows us to have
    good meals in spite of a very busy work schedule complicated by the
    holiday season with its special events.

    Football is most of what's on TV so the TV typically doesn't get 
    turned on. We'll all help put the food up for freezing, wash what
    dishes/pots that don't fit in the dish washer and then take it easy.
    Probably we'll play a little basketball. Especially if we have company.

    When we used to get together as an extended family, before I got
    married and moved too far away, it was something like .0. But more
    religious of course. We never failed to attend church and give thanks.
    Cooking was always a joint male/female affair. Especially at my fathers
    house where he was the only adult. :-) On a couple of occasions we
    had Chinese take out for Thanksgiving. Very little cooking to do and
    clean up was easy. My cousins loved it but some of the more traditional
    adults didn't like to admit that they did. :-)

    Seldom was there football on TV. Tag football outside perhaps.
    Basketball was almost a given. The adults talked a lot though sometimes
    they played as well.

    			Alfred

    RE: .0
    
    I have never had a thanksgiving like that.
    
    Marc H.

    .3
    
    Errr...if it's not prying, what was/is your typical Thanksgiving like??
    
    Richard
    

    Well, lets see.
    
    To start with, my family doesn't watch football or "sport" games on
    TV. I think that they are a total waste of time. My son does play
    in the High School band  during a school football game, though.
    
    The idea of the wife cooking the meal is different at my house too.
    My wife and I work on the meal together....as a matter of fact, I 
    always clean up after meals.
    
    The meal does consist of turkey ( last years DEC turkey) , and we do
    have a large meal..but we don't try to eat as much as we can. 
    Rather, people eat a full, complete meal.
    
    For my family, its a time to have a nice family day/meal.
    
    I don't think that the description is .0 is common for many folks 
    nowadays.
    
    Marc H.

    The description in .0 sure sounds like all the family T-givings I've
    ever been to.
    
    I can't stomach another one like it.  This year I'm avoiding anything
    that even *looks* like a "traditional" Thanxgiving.
    
    Ruth

    .5  Thanks, Marc.
    
    We're not into spectator sports at my house, either.  I'm now beginning
    to wonder if anybody is watching all those games on TV!?  8-}
    
    We're planning to go to church Thanksgiving morning.
    
    Last year, we went to a nearby cafeteria-style resturant (Hometown
    Buffet) and somebody else did the dishes and the cleaning up.  For
    that we, too, were thankful. :-)
    
    Shalom,
    Richard

    RE:0

    Gee Richard, sorry to see your Thanksgiving sux ! Mine is quite
    different except that I do watch the football games.  I
    do ALL the cooking which I luv to do and I do a major portion of
    the cleanup. We eat hearty, but its the only meal of the day except
    for the light breakfast we have. 

    Most of all, we give thanks to God, for all that he has blessed us with.

    I don't see any sin in the way my family celebrates Thanksgiving.

     Jim

    .8  Good to see you again, Jim!
    
    Don't be misled.  I didn't say that .0 typified my own Thanksgiving.
    
    It's not all that unusual for the ones who are sinning to fail to
    recognize their sin, as you probably well know.
    
    My purpose is not to induce guilt.  I would like for folks to examine
    their habit(s) and make certain it is in keeping with the meaning of
    the observance.
    
    I suspect we won't hear very much from those who do not take exception
    to the scenario outlined in .0.  Who would want to admit it if it was
    a perfect match, and wanted to keep it that way??  8-}
    
    Peace,
    Richard

Re: .9 Richard

>    I suspect we won't hear very much from those who do not take exception
>    to the scenario outlined in .0.  Who would want to admit it if it was
>    a perfect match, and wanted to keep it that way??  8-}
    
It's a perfect description of the way Thanksgiving used to be in our
family.  Unfortunately my brothers and sisters don't go home for
Thanksgiving anymore, and my parents are on a strict diet.

Oh for the good old days...

				-- Bob

    .10  ;-)
    
    A Happy Thanksgiving to you, Bob, no matter who you're thankful to.
    
    Shalom,
    Richard

I'm not very fond of turkey.  We usually have Cornish game hen and wild
rice, sweet potatoes, ripe olives and pie.  Sometimes a little wine.
We usually have guests for Thanksgiving dinner.  We didn't last year though.
We won't this year.  Admittedly, my wife does most of the cooking and
clean up.  Invariably, she insists that we starting eating while our
meal is hot.  Invariably, we wait for her to sit down so that we can
share a time of prayer together.

We don't watch sports on TV.  Give me a sentimental old movie, instead.

Peace,
Richard

    
    
    Working that day..
    
    David    p.s. I am...

	Here David?????


Glen

    
    
    
    > here David???
    
     Yep!
    
    David