Thanksgiving Day - Wise Grandma

"What are you are most thankful for on this eve of Thanksgiving Day, Grandma," the twins asked their grandmother as she decorated the last Christmas tree in her shop. Part of their Thanksgiving dinner - desert! - was cooking in the oven. Pumpkin pie! It smelled delicious! They couldn't wait for tomorrow. But the day before Thanksgiving was one of their favorites too. Today they went around asking everybody what they were most thankful for. Their dad of course, told them that he was most thankful for them!

"That's easy, children!" she put the last ball on the tree and stepped down off her step-stool. "I'm thankful we live in the time after Christ came, in the AD, and not in the time before He came - in the BC!" 

Lucy and Pete looked at one another. They'd never thought about that before. 

But they agreed: Grandma was so  right! A world without Jesus was not a world Pete and Lucy would want to live in either!

"We're thankful to be living in the AD too!" They shouted.

"Happy Thanksgiving Day everyone!"

Meet Grandmother...

And this lovely lady busy trimming a Christmas tree is none other than our very own dear Grandmother! You might find it odd of her to be trimming a tree already – I mean, it’s not even November for a few more days yet – but there’s a very good explanation for that. See, Grandmother and Grandfather own the Christmas Store here in Christmastown, Maine.

Just like Grandmother's parents did before them.

Well actually, Pete, when her daddy owned it the store was a general store.

Yeah, but they sold the Christmas tree ornaments her mom knitted year round and then they became so popular that they became the stores' bestsellers. So, the general store became a Christmas Store. Other than running, operating and decorating the Christmas Store, Grandmother also makes the best cocoa ever!

Don't forget her apple butter pancakes... 

How could I? They're Caesar's favorites!