Honoring Traditions

Traditions For Thanksgiving Morning
While no one would argue that the Thanksgiving highlight is the feast everyone is waiting for, this often leaves several hours of time for family and guests to fill until it is time to eat.
If you find as the cook, that you are often surrounded by bored or curious onlookers, you may want to consider instituting several Thanksgiving morning traditions that will help fill the hours and clear your kitchen of those who have nothing else to do.
The added bonus of these fun Thanksgiving morning traditions is that instead of just one meal to look forward to, your family and guests will have a whole day of fun! Here are some traditions for Thanksgiving morning.
Traditions For Thanksgiving Morning
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Thanksgiving
An Occasion of Civilized Dining
The days of dining by plucking fruit from trees and roasting small animals over the fire, eating with fingers, and perhaps fighting with others over the scraps are long gone. Or are they?
More and more we swing our car through the drive-in, grab our food from the window, and proceed to eat with our fingers, so perhaps you need a brush-up on the basics of formal -- shall we say "civilized" dining -- before the great Thanksgiving feast.
Thanksgiving
An Occasion of Civilized Dining
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The Tradition of the Yule Log
Yuletide Traditions
Of the many Yuletide traditions, the Yule Log stands out as one of the most quaint in antiquity. The tradition of the Yule log began with Germanic tribes in Northern Europe. Marking the beginning of the winter solstice, rather than in celebration of the Christian holiday of Christmas, Yule log traditions have evolved.
In medieval times, a large tree trunk was selected on Candlemas Day. It was then carefully stored over the summer in order to "season" it sufficiently for burning at Yuletide. Thus, on Christmas Eve, the Yule log was dragged into the house and kindled with the unburned parts of the prior year's log, which was saved particularly for that purpose.
The Tradition of the Yule Log
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