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Happy Thanksgiving

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  October is a month of great festivities.  Beginning with Thanksgiving, Diwali and Halloween.  In Canada it is called “Thanksgiving”, In India it’s called “Harvest” and “Dussehra”.   I have written a whole topic on Thanksgiving last year – for those who have not read it and would like to read it please go to my blog on Thanksgiving – October 10 th 2021.     It just brings back memories of family gathering back home.   Helping mom in the kitchen together.   Eating on a banyan leaf and having any odd number of vegetables.   Mom used to cook 7 or 11 different vegetables.   We all would sit on the floor together; dad would say a prayer and bless the food and we all enjoyed. The beauty was to give thanks to God for all His blessings, to come together as a family and eat and laugh together.     We used to have Auction of various gifts of fruits and other gift items at our church for a good cause and donation towards the church expenses. In Canada, it is a tradition to get the family