Happy Thanksgiving from the Lynchburg Macaroni Kid family to your family! Thanksgiving is the perfect time to gather with family and friends, enjoy delicious food, and give thanks for the many gifts in your life.

Thanksgiving will be celebrated on Thursday, November 28, 2024. However your family chooses to celebrate, Thanksgiving is all about gratitude!

A few years ago, our family designed the Gratitude Leaves (shown in Get Ready for Thanksgiving: A Gratitude Home and Gratitude Calendar) for our Thanksgiving table, modeled after a Pinterest idea for a gratitude tablecloth. Whether your children are toddlers, teenagers, or somewhere in between, it’s important to focus on gratitude for the gifts we all enjoy: freedom, family, love, friends, teachers, education, food, books, faith, and precious ones Memories.

Parents and caregivers can choose gratitude and share the gift of gratitude with their children. Make a gratitude tree for your fridge, a gratitude tablecloth, gratitude sheets, or simply walk around the table and have each person share one thing they are grateful for before eating. By focusing on the gifts we already have instead of all the things we want, we can all choose gratitude – on Thanksgiving and all year long!

Find your Family Fun® and great holiday shopping in Lynchburg and Central Virginia this November with these fun events:

Lynchburg Region November 2024 Family Fun, Festivals and Shopping

Thanksgiving seems like a forgotten holiday, sandwiched between the spookiness of Halloween and the splendor of Christmas. Check out these articles to get ready to celebrate Thanksgiving with gratitude, crafts, and delicious food!

Gratitude and thankfulness

Get Ready for Thanksgiving: A Gratitude Home and Gratitude Calendar

Gratitude Tablecloth: A meaningful Thanksgiving tradition for the whole family

Why you should assign cooking chores this Thanksgiving

Thanksgiving on a budget

Five tips for a healthier Christmas season

5 Things You Didn’t Know About the First American Thanksgiving

Helping others during the holidays

Thanksgiving Fun Runs: Turkey Trot, Offal Run and Gobble Wobble

Teaching Children to Help Others: Local organizations help during the holidays

Create a tradition of family giving

6 Ways to Give Back During the Holidays

How to Make a Reverse Advent Calendar

Here’s how to get your kids excited about clearing out toys before the holidays

Thanksgiving crafts

Free Thanksgiving printables will keep kids busy on Türkiye Day

Turkey Family Hand Print Paintings

Easy Thanksgiving Craft: “Give Your Fingers” Turkey

Create a “handy” Thanksgiving turkey

Brown Paper Bag Turkey Book

Make a pinecone turkey

DIY turkey wreath

Turkey Treat Bags

Handprint Türkiye

Handprint of turkeys with TP rolls

The easiest turkey craft ever!

Turkey recipes and side dishes

Here’s how to avoid overindulging this holiday season

10 Steps to Cooking the Perfect Turkey

Turkey and vegetable appetizer for Thanksgiving

Three filling recipes that will make you want seconds

Holiday side dishes that are in the spotlight

Roasted potatoes with rosemary and garlic

Turkey fruit platter

Thanksgiving Cookie Turkey

Turkey entrée centerpiece

Who needs cake when there’s pumpkin pie?

To shop or not to shop: Black Friday and shopping

8 things to do on Black Friday besides shopping

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Thanksgiving is coming soon and the holidays are just around the corner. Stay up to date on local happenings with the Lynchburg Macaroni Kid Events Calendar and enjoy a month of fun with your family.

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