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The Problem with Thanksgiving Dinners

Posted on November 23, 2025 by Don Merritt

In America, Thanksgiving Dinner is a big deal in most families, because it is an annual, one time per year, kind of thing. It has requirements of tradition that go back to the very early days of Colonial America. For … Continue reading →

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Culinary Triumphs, Big Trouble, and Thanksgiving Dinner

Posted on November 22, 2025 by Don Merritt

This series of postings about Thanksgiving Dinner isn’t exactly a tradition on this site, but it probably should be. It first ran in November of 2015 and has been well received . I’m probably biased, but I think it’s well … Continue reading →

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Mob Rule and the Destruction of History: Prologue

Posted on July 7, 2020 by Don Merritt

I mentioned here on TLP several weeks back that I officiated at the funeral of my mother back in February, breaking quite a few of the usual rules for preachers doing funerals, the most obvious of which is that you … Continue reading →

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Doing Thanksgiving Just Right

Posted on November 22, 2017 by Don Merritt

I originally posted this two years ago after several days of posting about my preparations for Thanksgiving. I re-post it now as the craziness of getting ready hits its peak, as a reminder of why we do the things we … Continue reading →

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My Annual Post on Halloween

Posted on October 25, 2014 by Don Merritt

This is my fourth October on Word Press, and in each of the past three years I have posted something about Halloween.  I’ve noticed that there aren’t as many this year on the subject… but there’s still time, and I’m … Continue reading →

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Weary Travelers

Posted on July 17, 2013 by Don Merritt

You can see them in any airport, on any flight; weary travelers far from home on a business trip.  They are in a hurry for the next flight, cell phone to their ear, talking, listening, making appointments… They are at … Continue reading →

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