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THANKSGIVING : THE
DINNER |
Preparation |
"Thanksgiving would not have seemed to the children their own day if they had not
been allowed to help in the preparation. ..
First of all the apples had to be pared; and five little children, with knives in their
hands and business in their faces, marched into the dining room to do it. The apples were
in an immense basket on the dining-room table, and there were five plates for the five
children to put their apple-parings on, and five dishes for the apples themselves to go
into after they had been pared and cut in quarters."
From : Swallow Stories, No. VIII : Thanksgiving,
by Sallie Chester.
New York : American Tract Society, 1873. |
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Normal Instructor & Primary Plans,
November 1919 |
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Anticipation |
| "The New England boy used to look forward to Thanksgiving as the
great event of the year… He was apt to get stents set him, - so much corn to husk,
for instance, before that day, so that he could have an extra play-spell; and in order to
gain a day or two, he would work at his task with the rapidity of half a dozen boys... |
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For days and days before Thanksgiving the boy was kept at work evenings,
pounding and paring and cutting up and mixing (not being allowed to taste much), until the
world seemed to him to be made of fragrant spices, green fruit, raisins and pastry - a
world that he was only yet allowed to enjoy through his nose. How filled the house was
with the most delicious smells! The mince-pies that were made!"
From : Being a Boy by Charles Dudley Warner. Boston : James. R. Osgood
& Company, 1878. |
Saturday Evening Post,
November 1908 |
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