Word
Wednesday
THANKSMAS
– undefined in both Webster’s and the American Heritage Dictionaries. Thanksmas – word for Wednesday – a family
word, one word from two. Like a favorite
recipe handed down through generations, Thanksmas is a blend of
ingredients. Take a sprinkle of
Thanksgiving and a dash of Christmas Eve, mix with a cup of Christmas, stir
well and bake with love.
Thanksmas
is celebrated once every two years-somewhere around Thanksgiving-a day before,
or a day after. All the hoop-la is forgotten. No crazy, last minute shopping, no race to
bake ten different kinds of cookies and no hurt feelings when the next holiday
comes with another set of parents, grandparents and all manner of in-laws and
outlaws. Gifts are kept to a minimum,
most for children, not for adults. A
Christmas tree, if the location allows, is hoped for in some shape or form.
Each
Thanksmas brings its own delights, its extra chairs, new faces and missed faces. Engagements have been announced, babies too
and the circle of life goes round and round.
This made-up-family celebration has become a tradition of its own. So much so that others often ask if this is a
Thanksmas year. Yes, it is, and we are
grateful to come together in 2012, to create from scratch, another Thanksmas.
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