{"id":9570,"date":"2015-11-26T11:04:02","date_gmt":"2015-11-26T16:04:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.beyondmommying.com\/blog\/?p=9570"},"modified":"2019-06-21T17:11:25","modified_gmt":"2019-06-21T21:11:25","slug":"thoughts-on-thanksgiving-a-holiday-essay","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beyondmommying.com\/blog\/2015\/11\/26\/thoughts-on-thanksgiving-a-holiday-essay\/","title":{"rendered":"Thoughts on Thanksgiving: A Holiday Essay"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Earlier this week, I shared what <a href=\"https:\/\/www.beyondmommying.com\/blog\/2015\/11\/23\/my-thankful-list-2015\/\">I&#8217;m thankful for<\/a> this year so today I thought I&#8217;d share a holiday essay Honeybun has been working on this week about her favorite things about Thanksgiving. &nbsp;It was her first 5-paragraph essay and while we had some frustration and hard times getting it done, I think she did an awesome job!<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Thanksgiving is about Pilgrims and Indians having a feast so we do the same now. Many things are important about Thanksgiving. &nbsp;My favorite parts of thanksgiving are my family, turkey, and pumpkin pie.<\/p>\n<p>The most important thing to me is my family. I don&#8217;t always get to see a lot of my family so we get together on Thanksgiving. I like spending time with my family because I love them and because they are my family.<\/p>\n<p>Turkey is also important to me. &nbsp;We don&#8217;t always have it so I like it on Thanksgiving. &nbsp;I like it because I like the skin.<\/p>\n<p>Pumpkin pie is one of my favorites too. &nbsp;We have pumpkin pie on special occasions like Thanksgiving. &nbsp;I like it because the crust is crunchy sometimes.<\/p>\n<p>There are many things that are important about Thanksgiving. &nbsp;The most important things for me are my family, turkey and pumpkin pie. &nbsp;Thanksgiving is a big celebration!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.beyondmommying.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/thanksgiving-picture.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-9571\" src=\"https:\/\/www.beyondmommying.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/thanksgiving-picture.png\" alt=\"thanksgiving picture\" width=\"1350\" height=\"802\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.beyondmommying.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/thanksgiving-picture.png 1350w, https:\/\/www.beyondmommying.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/thanksgiving-picture-300x178.png 300w, https:\/\/www.beyondmommying.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/thanksgiving-picture-600x356.png 600w, https:\/\/www.beyondmommying.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/thanksgiving-picture-390x232.png 390w, https:\/\/www.beyondmommying.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/thanksgiving-picture-1024x608.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.beyondmommying.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/thanksgiving-picture-1000x594.png 1000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1350px) 100vw, 1350px\" \/><\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>I created a 6-page template for her to use which guided her through every step of writing her essay and I think this holiday essay writing will become a usual thing and a great way to get her writing.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-9584 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.beyondmommying.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/thanksgiving-essay.jpg\" alt=\"thanksgiving essay\" width=\"1945\" height=\"1240\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.beyondmommying.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/thanksgiving-essay.jpg 1945w, https:\/\/www.beyondmommying.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/thanksgiving-essay-300x191.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.beyondmommying.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/thanksgiving-essay-600x383.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.beyondmommying.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/thanksgiving-essay-390x249.jpg 390w, https:\/\/www.beyondmommying.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/thanksgiving-essay-1024x653.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.beyondmommying.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/thanksgiving-essay-1000x638.jpg 1000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1945px) 100vw, 1945px\" \/><\/p>\n<h3>Get my Holidays and Seasons Essay Writing Templates:<\/h3>\n<p><em>I will not flood you with emails as soon as you enter your e-mail address and I will never share your information (read our full&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.beyondmommying.com\/blog\/privacy-policy\/\">privacy policy<\/a>).&nbsp;<strong>If you\u2019d like to get e-mail updates, you can sign up&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.beyondmommying.com\/blog\/get-in-touch\/newsletter\/\">here<\/a>.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Note: Refunds are not available for digital products, however, I do stand behind the quality of my products. 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