Packets, We Thankful for Friends Share a Couple of Poems We Hope You and Loved Ones Too, Will Enjoy
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Dear friends, Thankful for homes, for life and health, Before the trivia and the photos and the Pleasure and plenty, quotations and song lyrics, for this fame and wealth. Thanksgiving edition (#39) in our ongoing series of activity packets, we Thankful for friends share a couple of poems we hope you and loved ones too, will enjoy. Thankful for all things, good and true, “A Thanksgiving Poem” Thankful for harvest in the fall, (Paul Laurence Dunbar) Thankful to Him who gave it all. Thou hast, with ever watchful eye, Okay, one more. This from an unknown Looked down on us with holy care, poet usually entitled “Thanksgiving And from thy storehouse in the sky Observance.” Hast scattered plenty everywhere. Count your blessings Then lift we up our songs of praise instead of your crosses; To thee, O Father, good and kind; Count your gains To thee we consecrate our days; instead of your losses. Be thine the temple of each mind. Count your joys instead of your woes; With incense sweet our Count your friends thanks ascend; instead of your foes. Before thy works our powers pall; Count your smiles Though we should strive years without instead of your tears; end, Count your courage We could not thank instead of your fears. Thee for them all. Count your full years instead of your lean; And this untitled poem comes from Count your kind deeds Lizelia A. J. Moorer: instead of your mean. Count your health Thankful for all things let us be, instead of your wealth; Though there be woes and misery; Count on God Lessons they bring us for our good instead of yourself. Later 'twill all be understood. Happy Thanksgiving Thankful for peace from Denny and Claire! o’er land and sea, Thankful for signs of liberty, 1 Multiple Choice Questions 6) The 1963 recording of “Danke Schoen” became the signature song for 1) John Wayne portrayed Davy what performer who would eventually Crockett in what 1960 film? become a Las Vegas fixture? A) King of the Wild Frontier A) Tom Jones B) Davy Crockett & the River Pirates B) Englebert Humperdinck C) The Alamo C) Wayne Newton D) Davy Crockett: Indian Scout D) Celine Dion 2) The 1958 song, “Tom Dooley” was 7) This President was so worried about a hit record for… the separation of church and state, he A) The Kingston Trio refused to designate Thanksgiving as a B) The Beach Boys national holiday. C) Woody Guthrie A) George Washington D) Peter, Paul, and Mary B) Thomas Jefferson C) Abraham Lincoln 3) “When you care enough to send the D) Teddy Roosevelt very best” is an advertising line used by what company? 8) True or False -- Rose hips contain A) U.S. Post Office more vitamin C than almost any other B) Fed Ex fruit or vegetable. _______________ C) 1-800-Flowers D) Hallmark 9) If you were considering a visit to Silver Dollar City, what nearby town 4) True or False -- The first would also provide entertaining Thanksgiving (in the year 1621) lasted opportunities? for an entire day. ________________ A) Branson, Missouri B) Reno, Nevada 5) Who are the cartoon mascots of C) Estes Park, Colorado Kellogg’s cereal Rice Krispies? D) Fort Worth, Texas A) Ruff & Ready B) Snap, Crackle, & Pop 10) The musical instrument most C) Tony the Tiger & Toothy the Tiger associated with Glenn Miller, Tommy D) Quisp, Quilley, & Quark Dorsey, and Jack Teagarden was the… A) Piano B) Trumpet C) Clarinet D) Trombone 2 11) What was the 1963 musical movie 16) Name these two starring Dick Van Dyke, Janet Leigh, cartoon characters. Ann-Margret, and Bobby Rydell? A) Frick & Frack A) The Sword in the Stone B) Tom & Jerry B) Bye Bye Birdie C) Heckle & Jeckel C) The Pink Panther D) Marion & Luigi D) Gidget Goes to Rome 17) True or False -- Newly licensed 12) The Bible tells us that which of drivers between 16 and 17 years old Jesus’ disciples denied Him 3 times are more likely to be in a fatal car before the cock crowed? accident than adults. _____________ A) Matthew B) Mark 18) Classical music fans know that C) Stephen the opening for The Lone Ranger D) Peter television show was: A) Rossini’s William Tell Overture 13) 400 million pounds of this product B) Mozart’s Serenade No. 13 are consumed by Americans each C) Beethoven’s Für Elise year. And 20% of that is during the D) Bach’s Toccata in D minor week of Thanksgiving! A) Pumpkin pie filling 19) Back in the day, this was a B) Yams common phrase used by parents C) Cranberries towards their kids: “Straighten up… D) French’s Crispy Fried Onions A) and do your best.” B) and fly right.” 14) This country singer gave us C) or else you’ll always be crooked.” “White Lightning,” “She Thinks I Still D) or you’re grounded forever.” Care,” “He Stopped Loving Her Today,” and (singing with Tammy 20) In the classic Christmas film “It’s Wynette) “We’re Gonna Hold On.” a Wonderful Life,” the villain is a A) George Jones miserly, cruel, and conniving B) Merle Haggard businessman. Who plays that role? C) Kris Kristofferson A) Ward Bond D) Waylon Jennings B) Henry Fonda C) Ronald Colman 15) True or False -- It is male turkeys D) Lionel Barrymore that actually “gobble.” (Female turkeys “cackle” instead.) ________ 3 21) On the average, 50 million 26) “Blue Velvet,” “Blue on Blue,” pumpkin pies are eaten at “Mr. Lonely,” “Roses Are Red,” & Thanksgiving. 1 million of those “My Melody of Love” were all hits for will come from… this crooner… A) Village Inn A) Bobby Vinton B) Costco B) Bobby Rydell C) Gas station grocery marts C) Bobby Darin D) Trader Joe’s D) Bobby Vee 22) True or False -- The name of the 27) Yes, we all know Green Bean Native American who befriended the Casserole as one of America’s favorite Pilgrims and acted as their interpreter side dishes for big family meals like for the first Thanksgiving was Thanksgiving. But did you know it Tisquantum. But most know him had a specific beginning in 1955 as a better as Squanto. _______________ recipe from this company? A) Swanson Frozen Dinners 23) When is it okay to drive off the B) Campbell’s Soup paved roadway in order to pass C) French’s Crispy Fried Onions another vehicle? D) Green Giant Canned Mushrooms A) When the driver ahead motions that it’s safe. 28) Besides an honorary Academy B) If the vehicle you are going to pass Award, Gary Cooper won two Best is turning left. Actor Oscars. The first was for C) When you have a high-clearance Sergeant York in 1942. The other was vehicle and are a very talented driver. for this 1953 western movie. D) It is never okay. A) The Violent Men B) Shane 24) Who is the goofy cartoon sidekick C) High Noon to Rocky the Flying Squirrel? D) Winchester ‘73 A) Bullwinkle J. Moose B) Bluto 29) True or False -- The most popular C) Jeep the dog alternative to turkey on Thanksgiving D) Quick-Draw McGraw is chicken. _____________ 25) “Calgon, take me away” was an ad 30) Since 1970 “Feliz Navidad” has phrase illustrating how stressed out been an incredibly popular Christmas people could relax by using… songs. Who recorded that song? A) Major Calgon Chocolate Drink A) Herb Alpert and the Tijuana Brass B) Calgon cigarettes B) Ritchie Valens C) Calgon bath products C) Gloria Estefan D) Calgon Publishing romance novels D) José Feliciano 4 Can you name these Ronald Reagan co-stars? * Shirley Temple * Bette Davis * Patricia Neal * Angie Dickinson * Rhonda Fleming * Virginia Mayo * Ann Sheridan * Barbara Stanwyck * Doris Day 10) Which of these won two Academy Awards for Best Actress? 5 Can you name these John Wayne co-stars? * Claire Trevor * Ann-Margret * Patricia Neal * Angie Dickinson * Maureen O’Hara * Sophia Loren * Donna Reed * Marlene Dietrich * Raquel Welch 10) Which of these co-starred with the Duke in 5 films? 6 Thanksgiving Season Quotes (Part 2) (Part 1 was last week) “How wonderful it would be if we could help our children and grandchildren to learn thanksgiving at an early age. Thanksgiving opens the doors. It changes a child’s personality. Thankful children want to give; they radiate happiness; they draw people." (Sir John Templeton) “A thankful heart is not only the greatest virtue, but the parent of all the other virtues." (Cicero) “In that day you will say: ‘Give thanks to the Lord, call on His name. Make known among the nations what He has done and proclaim that His name is exalted.’” (Isaiah 12:4) “Life without thankfulness is devoid of love and passion. Hope without thankfulness is lacking in fine perception. Faith without thankfulness lacks strength and fortitude. Every virtue divorced from thankfulness is maimed and limps along the spiritual road.” (John Henry Jowett) “I would maintain that thanks are the highest form of thought, and that gratitude is happiness doubled by wonder.” (G.K. Chesterton) “How slow we are to thank and swift to grumble." (Martyn Lloyd-Jones) “Gratitude bestows reverence, allowing us to encounter everyday epiphanies, those transcendent moments of awe that change forever how we experience life and the world.” (John Milton) “Piglet noticed that even though he had a Very Small Heart, it could hold a rather large amount of Gratitude.” (A.A. Milne) “Devote yourselves to prayer, being watchful and thankful.” (Colossians 4:2) 7 What Comes Next in This Song Lyric? 1) “Over the river and through the woods to grandmother’s house we go… 2) “Now is the hour when we must say goodbye.