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Tuesday, November 20, 2018

Gratitude for Thanksgiving 2018 like the Mayflower Pilgrims 397 Years Ago

All of us have so much to be grateful for, as compared to those Mayflower Pilgrims that left Leiden, The Netherlands on July 22, 1620
Leiden, Holland click link to visit this interesting site about the Province of South Holland in The Netherlands.
Leiden American Pilgrim Museum click about the start of New England from this beautiful preserved home from 1365-1370
Where the Pilgrims settled in New England, we nowadays enjoy delicious cranberries coming from the region...
Wishing you a HAPPY THANKSGIVING!

Thanks for your visit and comment.

Related links:
{Gratitude for Thanksgiving 2014 - Like the Mayflower Pilgrims in 1621} | previous post by me
Samoset 1590-1653 | information about this great Native American Diplomat!
List of Mayflower passengers | check those names of passengers that came from Leiden, South Holland in The Netherlands
Mayflower Compact | list of 41 male aboard and list of those that died at sea 

30 comments:

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    1. Dearest Krishna,
      Thank you we enjoyed a lovely day with our extended family, starting the day with Mass for gratitude.
      Hugs,
      Mariette

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  2. Happy thanksgiving, dearest Mariette!
    Wishing you a wonderful one!
    Love and hugs, Claudia xo

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    1. Dearest Claudia,
      Thank you.
      It was a wonderful day and also sunny!
      Hugs,
      Mariette

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  3. Hello dear Mariette!
    Happy Thanksgiving to you and Pieter!
    I hope you have a great time ! Leiden is a beautiful town,that I haven’t visit yet!
    The Greek girl that takes care of my grandson,lives in Leiden!
    Love your festive header!! Have a lovely day! Hugs!
    Dimi...

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    1. Dearest Dimi,
      Thank you very much!
      That makes the circle round... there is always a connection to some historic place.
      Hugs,
      Mariette

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  4. Liebe Mariette,

    alles Liebe und Gute wünscht ir
    Elisabeth

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    1. Liebe Elisabeth,
      Danke sehr, habe vieles davon erhalten und sogar mit Sonne!
      Liebe Grüße,
      Mariette

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  5. Wishing you and Pieter a wonderful Thanksgiving. You header photo is beautiful :)

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    1. Dearest Sami,
      Thank you!
      We enjoyed a most wonderful day with extended family and sunshine.
      Hugs,
      Mariette

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  6. Hello Mariette, Wishing you and Pieter a Happy Thanksgiving! Not to make light of the hardships they endured, but in a way, you, Pieter and I (and I am sure many of your readers) are like the original Pilgrims, who left their original homes and found a welcome in new lands.

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    1. Dearest Jim,
      You are so very right about finding a welcome in new lands!
      Contrary to the hardships of the original Pilgrims, we had the smoothest transition of life across the Ocean into a new home.
      Hope you had a special Thanksgiving Day away from your birth region.
      Hugs,
      Mariette

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  7. Dearest Mariette,
    Wishing you and Pieter a Happy Thanksgiving 🦃.
    Even in today’s stressful life, it’s good to step back and remember all that we have to be thankful for.

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    1. Happy thanksgiving dear Mariette to you and Pieter.
      We do have so much to be thankful for.
      Happy weekend
      Hugs
      Carolyn

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    2. Dearest Suzi,
      Thank you and trusting that you and Proge also had a special Thanksgiving with the kitties and dog.
      Sending you hugs,
      Mariette

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    3. Dearest Carolyn,
      We indeed have a lot to be grateful for!
      Wishing you a happy weekend.
      Hugs,
      Mariette

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  8. I love cranberries :-) Happy Thanksgiving to you, your husband Pieter, your kitties, and all your loved ones!

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    1. Dearest Tamago,
      Thank you so much and trusting that you and your furbabies and loved ones had a likewise Happy Thanksgiving.
      We did, with a clean bathroom after the door etc. got installed the day before.
      Hugs,
      Mariette

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  9. Dear Mariette
    I hope you and Pieter have a happy thanksgiving day. We in Japan do not have a cerebration for thanksgiving though, many festivals are held to thank to rich harvest.
    I recall that I studied about Mayflower Pilgrims in my English text book and today
    I understood it was a real history!
    Happy weekend!

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    1. Dearest Tomoko,
      Thank you, we did have a wonderful day with sunshine and many blessings.
      Indeed, the world over there are numerous festivals around the gratefulness of harvest.
      Glad that you now learned some more about the real history of the Mayflower Pilgrims and that they had stayed for about 12 years in Leiden, The Netherlands before crossing the wide Ocean.
      Hugs and happy weekend to you!
      Mariette

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  10. Dearest Mariette,
    I hope you and Pieter had a very happy thanksgiving day!
    It is a holiday we do not celebrate in Greece, and still we do have a Black Friday today (a new fashion, mostly for the younger people, since 2-3 years now)!
    Many hugs and best wishes for a nice weekend!!!

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    1. Dearest Marie-Anne,
      YES we did have a wonderful Thanksgiving day!
      Oh my, the Black Friday craze is something else. We avoid it of course.
      We both hate the over-commercialized period that remains between Thanksgiving and Christmas!
      It takes away too much from the essence of the true meaning.
      Enjoying a quiet day at home to catch up on things is far better.
      Sending you hugs,
      Mariette

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  11. Happy Thanksgiving, Mariette! Hope it was a wonderful one for you and Pieter.

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    1. Dearest Debbie,
      Yes it was, thanks to our best friends who include us as extended family!
      Hugs,
      Mariette

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  12. Your new holiday header is very bright and pretty.

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    1. Dearest Tammy,
      Thank you and yes, we're heading fast forward into this season!
      Hugs,
      Mariette

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  13. Dearest Mariette,
    You and pieter has happy thanksgiving day! I have so wrong time of to you,we had bad time of owr family,
    Hugs Michiko

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    1. Dearest Michiko san,
      Yes we did have a happy Thanksgiving Day with our extended family.
      Hope you are okay and still enjoying your days with friends.
      Hugs,
      Mariette

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