Comments on: In Thanksgiving Daily: November 15

By: Ardis E. Parshall

Ardis E. Parshall — Thu, 20 Nov 2008 13:08:52 +0000

Kent, when I went back to look for the artists' names, I found that none had been recorded (for the covers I had scanned, at least). The Improvement Era sometimes printed the name of the photographer who had prepared a transparency for use on the cover, but even the sculptor and location of the statue on today's post was omitted.

By: Kent Larsen

Kent Larsen — Thu, 20 Nov 2008 11:09:58 +0000

Arids, please do start recording the names of the artists!

Its bad enough how often artists’ names are left out of Church publications!

By: Kaimi

Kaimi — Tue, 18 Nov 2008 06:50:10 +0000

Thanks for this, Ardis. These are great. And you already know I like the series title.

(I just gave a lesson on that verse yesterday in Elders Quorum, so it was really fun to see the series title.)

By: Researcher

Researcher — Mon, 17 Nov 2008 15:37:14 +0000

Well, sure, you’re welcome to come, but you’d have to bring some of your super-special Canadian wheat cereal you were discussing the other day on the wheat post. And the entertainment.

By: Mark B.

Mark B. — Mon, 17 Nov 2008 05:23:06 +0000

Besides the fact that I love to bake, like cooking, and enjoy the challenge of having everything ready and hot and delicious at the same time . . .

All we need now is Researcher’s address, and we’ll know where to go for Thanksgiving!

By: Researcher

Researcher — Sun, 16 Nov 2008 22:03:50 +0000

Now that I’ve posed the question about why Thanksgiving is on a Thursday, I’d like to cite the actual explanation from the book! I can remember most of it, but not all. I’ve never seen the explanation elsewhere but it made perfect sense. It might take me a couple of days to pull out the quote. (And with that, the suspense starts to build; can I track down my source? )

By: Ardis E. Parshall

Ardis E. Parshall — Sun, 16 Nov 2008 19:19:13 +0000

Thanksgiving was my favorite holiday, too. queuno and Michelle, I hope you like the ones to come.

I don’t know why the Thursday, Researcher– do tell.

And Justin, I didn’t record the artists’ names when I scanned the covers, although it will be easy enough for me to check that tomorrow and to add it from now on (assuming there’s a cover note somewhere in the magazine, as there was at least sometimes).

By: Justin

Justin — Sun, 16 Nov 2008 19:10:58 +0000

Ardis, do you know the name of the artist?

By: Researcher

Researcher — Sun, 16 Nov 2008 18:16:54 +0000

These are beautiful! Thanksgiving is also my favorite holiday.

Besides the fact that I love to bake, like cooking, and enjoy the challenge of having everything ready and hot and delicious at the same time, I also enjoy the history of the holiday and gathering together with family and friends. And the more, the merrier.

Do you know why Thanksgiving is on a Thursday? (And no, it has little or nothing to do with Abraham Lincoln except for the fact that he proclaimed the first national holiday on a day of the week that has been used as a day of prayer and fasting or a day of prayer and thanksgiving since the beginning of the history of America.)

Perhaps a Mormon historian could mention if the practice of having the fast days in the early years of the church on Thursday came from the same tradition.

Well, that was a long comment! Maybe I should have broken it up over several days!

By: Michelle

Michelle — Sun, 16 Nov 2008 04:28:51 +0000

I look forward to this!