“I heard the bells on Christmas Day, Their old familiar carols play, And wild and sweet the words repeat Of peace on earth, goodwill to men.” Henry Wadsworth Longfellow penned these words on Christmas Day in 1864, after a long battle with grief. While Longfellow was a renowned academic, respected professor, and accomplished poet, he did not have an easy life. His first wife and child died as a result of complications from a miscarriage. After grieving this loss, he remarried

As is the case regarding most of our holidays, America is in need of a renewed understanding and appreciation of Thanksgiving. In the same way that Christmas without Christ is empty, Thanksgiving without knowing to whom and for what we are giving thanks is just an excuse for eating a lot of pie. WHAT IS THANKSGIVING? Thanksgiving is not just an arbitrary day for a big turkey dinner. This holiday stems from centuries of history , going all the way back to the famous stories of