"We tend to forget"

What I learned about Thanksgiving during the weekend break was that their is a deeper meaning behind this holiday rather than just eating turkey. Sometimes it seems like the only purpose of Thanksgiving is to eat turkey, watch football, and start the Christmas shopping with all the sales going on. Sometimes people even call Thanksgiving “Turkey Day.”
Thanksgiving is all about God and thanking him for the gifts of life, love, joy, and more. We gather with our family and friends to spend time and enjoy a great meal. We sometimes forget that our central purpose should be to give thanks to God. We should be thankful for what we have and for keeping us alive. We have forgotten to teach the new generations about sitting in the table and pray in order of God.
Something I noticed on Thanksgiving that came from my family was that, my aunt set the table in the middle of the living room. She began to serve the food and put center plates like pumpkin pie, ham, mash potato, and most important the turkey. As we all began to fill our plates with food we forgot to thank God for the food on the table and for having all of us gather together. Until when we were half done with our meal my aunt said "We forgot to thank God." Then we all stopped and prayed.
This proved to me that we are forgetting the real meaning of Thanksgiving. We have turned
Thanksgiving into "Turkey Day" rather than being thankful to God. We might forget to pray an thank God but we will never forget the turkey on Thanksgiving.