This is what the turkey veggie platter looked like when I finished it. My platter was oval shaped so the "feathers" aren't as round as I would have liked them, but I do like how it looks. 

This is the turkey veggie platter after the dip was added (inside the cornucopia). 

This is the second cornucopia stuffed with spinach dip. The dip in the green pepper is buffalo, bleu cheese dip. The cornucopias were made with bread sticks. 

I hope everybody had a blessed and thankful holiday.

Tomorrow we are headed to my mother-in-law's house for Thanksgiving. She asked me to bring a veggie platter. I have decided to make the vegetables look like a turkey. I am going to fan them on the platter to look like the turkey feathers. I also made two cornucopias out of bread. I am going to stuff them with spinach dip (my husband requested I make this). This is going to be an easy Thanksgiving. Thanks Mom for having us over. I will post pictures of my platters next week. HAPPY THANKSGIVING!!!

“Thanks is one of the great traditional American holidays, and yet it did not originate in America. About three thousand years before it was observed in this country, God spoke to Moses in the days when the great host of Israelite slaves had just escaped from Egypt. They were having their first experience in the wilderness of Sinai. The original proclamation from God is reported in the 23rd chapter of Exodus, 16th verse---“Thou shalt keep the feast of harvest, the first fruits of thy labors, which thou hast sown in the field; and the feast of in-gathering, which is in the end of the year, when thou has gathered in they labors out of the field.” ~Sunshine Magazine

If you are really thankful, what do you do? You share. ~W. Clement Stone

May your stuffing be tasty,
May your turkey plump,
May your potatoes and gravy
Have nary a lump.
May your yams be delicious
And your pies take the prize,
And may your Thanksgiving dinner
Stay off your thighs!
~Author Unknown

Thanksgiving Day is celebrated on the fourth Thursday in November in the United States.  The pilgrims arrived in North America in December 1620.  They celebrated the first Thanksgiving Day in the fall of 1621 at Plymouth, Massachusetts.  The Wampanoag Indians were the people who taught the Pilgrims how to cultivate the land.  The Pilgrim leader, Governor William Bradford, had organized the first Thanksgiving feast in the year 1621 and invited the neighboring Wampanoag Indians also to the feast.  President George Washington issued the first national Thanksgiving Day Proclamation in the year 1789 and again in 1795.  The state of New York officially made Thanksgiving Day an annual custom in 1817.  Sarah Josepha Hale, an editor with a magazine, started a Thanksgiving campaign in 1827 and as a result of her efforts, in 1863 Thanksgiving was observed as a day for national thanksgiving and prayer.  Abraham Lincoln issued a Thanksgiving Proclamation in October 1863 and officially set aside the last Thursday of November as the national day for Thanksgiving. Whereas, earlier the presidents used to make an annual proclamation to specify the day when Thanksgiving was to be held.  President Franklin D. Roosevelt restored the Thursday before the last of November as Thanksgiving Day in the year 1939. He did so to make the Christmas shopping season longer and thus stimulate the economy of the state.  Congress passed an official proclamation in 1941 and declared that Thanksgiving will be observed as a legal holiday on the fourth Thursday of November every year.  Benjamin Franklin wanted the turkey to be the national bird of the United States. But it was Thomas Jefferson who opposed him. It is believed that Franklin then named the male turkey as 'tom' to spite Jefferson. 

Noun:The quality of being thankful; readiness to show appreciation for and to return kindness.Synonyms:gratefulness - thankfulness - thanks - appreciation

What are you thankful for? 
1. Focus on the positive.
2. Focus on what you have.
3. Think about all the wonderful people in your life (and your animals).
4. Remember how strong you have become or what you have accomplished because of a negative experience or person in your life.
5. Thank others and share your gratitude.