Happy Thanksgiving

Congrats, everybody; Turkey day’s upon us!

We wait for this holiday like a kid for Christmas. Thanksgiving for us, adults, represents not the simple “give thanks” holiday that it’s meant to be. Thanksgiving is not just the start of the holiday season, a season of warmth though it’s in the winter, a season of family and sharing. It’s not just Black Friday, which is an event I’m sure a lot of us wait for the entire year. No, Thanksgiving for some of us means something else…the 4-day weekend…

Most of us get the 4-day weekend. Some aren’t so fortunate. But those who are, and those who are smart enough to add a vacation day on either end of it, get a nice little break away from work and a chance to just relax. Well…may be it’s not that easy. But the fact remains – it’s one of the few holidays that’s guaranteed to fall at the middle of the week, thus providing those lucky souls with a guaranteed long weekend. And that puts a warm smile on everyone’s face.

Ah, the little things in life…

Happy Thanksgiving!

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