By Kingsley Baehr
| HALLOWEEN | Thanksgiving | CHRISTMAS |
| Ghosts | Gourmets | Givers |
| Treats | Turkeys | Toys |
| Self-serving | Servings | Serving self |
| Ghoul-oriented | God-oriented | Goods-oriented |
Basically, this is how America thinks of Thanksgiving.
Sandwiched between two huge money-making holidays, Thanksgiving is slowly being squeezed out of American society.
Except for traditional Thanksgiving food growers, there is little money to be made on Thanksgiving.
Halloween yard decorations are exchanged for Christmas yard decorations.
[When was the last time you saw a yard decorated for Thanksgiving?]
Television delights in feeding us the ghastly, ghostly and ghoul-ly glop of Halloween, followed by the glossy, glittery, gaudy glut of Christmas.
[When was the last time you saw a Television program devoted to appreciation of God for all His bounty to us?]
[Now that Norman Rockwell is no longer painting, how many public images have caught your attention about being thankful to God?]
Santa Claus and his parades have intruded upon Thanksgiving mornings.
Football games occupy Thanksgiving afternoons and evenings.
Even Thanksgiving dinners have come to occupy our thanksgiving thoughts more than giving thanks to God.
GOD IS NOT A COMMERCIAL COMMODITY.
HE CANNOT BE BOUGHT OR SOLD.
HE HAS CONQUERED ALL THE DARKNESS OF SATANIC POWERS AND OFFERS ETERNAL LIFE TO YOU AS A GIFT.
JESUS CHRIST, GOD’S SON
ACCOMPLISHED ALL THAT THROUGH HIS BIRTH, LIFE, DEATH, RESURRECTION AND ASCENSION BACK TO HEAVEN
WHERE HE IS PREPARING A PLACE FOR YOU.
HE IS THE DOOR. YOU MUST GO THROUGH HIM. WILL YOU?
THEN THANKSGIVING WILL MEAN SOMETHING TO YOU.
THEN YOU WILL HAVE SOMETHING TO THANK GOD FOR.
THEN YOU WILL TRULY UNDERSTAND WHAT THANKSGIVING IS ALL ABOUT.
Sandwiched between two huge money-making holidays, Thanksgiving is slowly being squeezed out of American society.
Except for traditional Thanksgiving food growers, there is little money to be made on Thanksgiving.
Halloween yard decorations are exchanged for Christmas yard decorations.
[When was the last time you saw a yard decorated for Thanksgiving?]
Television delights in feeding us the ghastly, ghostly and ghoul-ly glop of Halloween, followed by the glossy, glittery, gaudy glut of Christmas.
[When was the last time you saw a Television program devoted to appreciation of God for all His bounty to us?]
[Now that Norman Rockwell is no longer painting, how many public images have caught your attention about being thankful to God?]
Santa Claus and his parades have intruded upon Thanksgiving mornings.
Football games occupy Thanksgiving afternoons and evenings.
Even Thanksgiving dinners have come to occupy our thanksgiving thoughts more than giving thanks to God.
GOD IS NOT A COMMERCIAL COMMODITY.
HE CANNOT BE BOUGHT OR SOLD.
HE HAS CONQUERED ALL THE DARKNESS OF SATANIC POWERS AND OFFERS ETERNAL LIFE TO YOU AS A GIFT.
JESUS CHRIST, GOD’S SON
ACCOMPLISHED ALL THAT THROUGH HIS BIRTH, LIFE, DEATH, RESURRECTION AND ASCENSION BACK TO HEAVEN
WHERE HE IS PREPARING A PLACE FOR YOU.
HE IS THE DOOR. YOU MUST GO THROUGH HIM. WILL YOU?
THEN THANKSGIVING WILL MEAN SOMETHING TO YOU.
THEN YOU WILL HAVE SOMETHING TO THANK GOD FOR.
THEN YOU WILL TRULY UNDERSTAND WHAT THANKSGIVING IS ALL ABOUT.