THANKSGIVING 2020The Porter family has
celebrated the Thanksgiving Holiday after my bride and myself were married
back in 1968 and most families that I know have celebrated the holiday as
far back as I can remember.
The pictures that I took of our Thanksgiving Holidays after the
digital age came into its own, was stored on different personal computers
hard drives of which I lost a few of them not backed up and those hard
drives that survived, eventually ended
up on back-up storage devices; floppy disk drive, USB flash drive, CDs, DVDs
and of late, external hard drive devices.
BRIEF HISTORY OF THANKSGIVING
A brief history of our
Thanksgiving Holiday (United States) from Wikipedia, the free
encyclopedia: Thanksgiving, or Thanksgiving Day, is a holiday
celebrated in the United States on the fourth Thursday in November. It
has officially been an annual tradition since 1863, when, during the Civil
War, President Abraham Lincoln proclaimed a national day of "Thanksgiving
and Praise to our beneficent Father who dwelleth in the Heavens", to be
celebrated on Thursday, November 26. As a federal and popular holiday
in the U.S., Thanksgiving is one of the major holidays of the year. Together
with Christmas and New Year, Thanksgiving is a part of the broader holiday
season. The event that some Americans commonly call the
"First Thanksgiving" was
celebrated by the Pilgrims after their first harvest in the New World in
1621. The first Thanksgiving feast lasted three days, and was attended by 53
Pilgrims and 90 Native Americans. The New England colonists were
accustomed to regularly celebrating "thanksgivings"—days of prayer thanking
God for blessings such as military victory or the end of a drought, though
the 1621 events were likely not a religious observation.
THANKSGIVING BAKED TURKEY CIRCA. 1978
Below is one of the earliest pixs I have located of my brides baked
turkey in 1978 surrounded by frosted grapes, however she baked them back in the late 60s and early 1970s
too.
Below is a pix which might have been her first baked turkey taken with a Polaroid camera and
scanned which definitely goes way back into the early 1970s for sure:
According to the file tag, this was the first turkey that my bride baked.
The picture quality is very poor but I can make out a pan of her
cornbread
dressing, corn on the cob,
deviled eggs,
potato salad, maybe a
fresh apple
cake since that one was my favorite at the time. Cranberry sauce is a
must for turkey and see a plate of sliced cranberry sauce. Can't make
out what type of bread that is on the lower left in the pix.
Ok, I got side tracked just a little there, but you know I do that
regularly if you have read any of my short stories. It is just my
MO aka Modus Operandi.
BACK TO THANKSGIVING 2020 & COVID-19
This Thanksgiving with the Coronavirus (COVID-19) still in full swing and
increasing in intensity, our Demoncratic
Governor has reinforced restrictions to limit gatherings to ten (10) people
which will no doubt help, however the idiots
that do not follow personal safety precautions as recommended by CDC
(Center For Disease Control And Prevention) that are out in the general
public, it is no wonder the Coronavirus continues to rapidly spread.
It is my humble opinion that God has allowed this pestilence
to wake up America
to get back on a spiritual track, but I personally don't see it happening.
Morally, America has passed the point of no return with the ungodly agendas
that are allowed and promoted such as the murder of innocent unborn babies
(abortion), homosexual marriages, etc., which is an abomination and sin in the sight of God!
Jesus Christ our Lord and Savior is the only answer for the survival of America
and not the "hot air" politicians
of both parties in our Local, State and Federal Government!
Read my quote of
the decade page for additional information why America is on a
death spiral.
TABLE IS SET
Our meal consisted of the following: Cornbread dressing, giblet gravy,
deep fried turkey, cranberry chutney, collard greens and ham hocks, yellow corn, deviled eggs,
fried cornbread, Hawaiian rolls, chicken and dumplings, potato salad, green
bean casserole, sweet potato soufflé and earthquake cake.
I did as much prep work as possible the day before Thanksgiving and only
had to deep fry the turkey, complete the chicken and dumplings, place the
cornbread dressing in the oven and finish the giblet gravy along with
bringing the collard greens and yellow corn up to temperature. My
bride basically did the deviled eggs by herself and helped with the potato
salad.
A couple packages of venison "back straps"
aka loin straps were broiled in the oven for the three Grandboys.
Calling Travis and Trevor Huneycutt boys is akin to calling an alligator a
lizard....grin if you must, because I certainly am!
A FEW PIXS TAKEN
Trevor Lane Huneycutt, one of our East Coast Grandboys.
Travis Lee Huneycutt, our oldest Grandson.
Xander McKnight Gonzales, our youngest East Coast Grandson, however he
was born in Texas!
Lily Danielle Gonzales, our only Grand Daughter and what a
"baby doll"
for sure.
Another pix of Miss Lily and Aunt Laura.
Laura Lee Anne
Porter
Lisa Dianne Gonzales, our youngest Daughter.
Joyce Ann Porter aka
"my bride",
we will soon be married 53 years!
Lisa and her family were one hour late. We normally have our
Thanksgiving dinner aka lunch at 1:00 PM, but moved it up to 12 Noon so
Trevor could attend since he had to be at work in Pinehurst, NC at 2:30 PM.
It would have been great to have our
West Coast Family with us, Bill, Nichol,
Jake and Will!
AFTERMATH
Above is pix of the dishes, pots
and pans after yours truly did some scrubbing with the hands; didn't use the
dish washer this time.
There were plenty of left overs and glad several
took what they wanted home with them. Both our refrigerators are still
packed to the brim with regular things and left overs.
In conclusion, we had a
wonderful Thanksgiving and thankful for each and every day that our Lord
allows. Every day of the week should be a day of Thanksgiving and
give God the Praise, Honor and Glory through Jesus Christ our Lord and
Savior in all things!
Two of the Greatest
Ships that ever Sailed; Friendship and Fellowship! The
Sea of Life was calm today with enough prevailing winds to move us forward
toward our ultimate and final journey that awaits us all!
Web page by Bill aka Mickey Porter on 11-27-2020.
LEAVING ON A
SPIRITUAL NOTE
If you do not know Jesus Christ as your Lord and Savior, please take
this moment to accept him by Faith into your Life, whereby Salvation
will be attained.
Ephesians 2:8 - 2:9 8 For by grace are ye saved through
faith; and that not of yourselves: [it is] the gift of God: 9 Not of
works, lest any man should boast.
Hebrews 11:1 “Now faith is the substance of things hoped for,
the evidence of things not seen.”
Romans 10:17 “So then faith cometh by hearing, and hearing by
the word of God.”
Open this
link about faith in the King James
Bible.
Romans 10:9 “That if thou shalt confess with thy mouth the
Lord Jesus, and shalt believe in thine heart that God hath raised him
from the dead, thou shalt be saved.”
Open this
link of Bible Verses About Salvation,
King James Version Bible (KJV).
Hebrews 4:12 “For the word of God is quick, and powerful, and
sharper than any two edged sword, piercing even to the dividing asunder
of soul and spirit, and of the joints and marrow, and is a discerner of
the thoughts and intents of the heart.”
Romans 6:23 “For the wages of sin is death; but the gift of
God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.”
Romans 3:23 “For all have sinned, and come short of the glory
of God;”
Micah 6:8 “He hath shewed thee, O man, what is good; and what
doth the LORD require of thee, but to do justly, and to love mercy, and
to walk humbly with thy God?”
Philippians 4:13 "I can do all things through Christ which
strengtheneth me."
