Happy Thanksgiving!

Thanksgiving finds its roots in a 1621 harvest festival held by the Pilgrims in the New World to celebrate, after several difficult years, an abundant harvest. It was observed as a national holiday off and on following a proclamation by George Washington in 1789. Thanksgiving Day became an official federal holiday in 1863 with full support in both Houses of Congress and a decree by Abraham Lincoln. 

That's a brief official history but what Thanksgiving has always boiled down to is pause. It is intended as a day to reflect and, as the name implies, give thanks both for abundance and the simple good things in life. 

It's ironic that we tend to flit around frantically preparing a massive meal a fussing over the table arrangement on a holiday with an underlying purpose of pause and reflection. But feasting is not something we do well as a society. A consumption driven culture tends to miss the difference between overeating and feasting. 

We'd like to encourage you this year to pause intentionally and feast. Savor the meal. Enjoy the company you're with. Revel in the aromas and flavors and textures. Take in the dinner table scene. Find simple joy in the people around you sitting together. Express gratitude in your own way for the ability to prepare a meal guaranteed to have ample leftovers. And take a nap. 

All of us at CPS La Grande would like to express our thanks for you, our customers. It's no small thing to us to be counted as part of your operation and we look forward to years ahead.  

We will pause for Thanksgiving with our own families as well. The office will be closed Thursday and Friday (Nov 23-24).

Happy Thanksgiving

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