Here are some Thanksgiving riddles for you to solve…

What always smells the best at a Thanksgiving dinner?

What key will never open a lock?

Why do turkeys gobble?

What happened when the turkey got into a fight?

& the last one….

What do all these languages have in common with our American Thanksgiving?

•  Afrikaans – dankbaarheid

•  Bulgaria – благодарносÑ

•  Chinese – 感謝

•  Dutch – dankbaarheid

•  Estonian – tänulikkus

•  Finnish – kiitollisuus

•  German – Dankbarkeit

•  Haitian – rekonesans

•  Icelandic – þakklæti

•  Japanese – 感謝

•  Korean – 감사

•  Latvian – pateicÄ«ba

•  Malay – terima kasih

•  Norwegian – takknemlighet

•  Portugese – gratidão

•  Romanian – recunoÅŸtinţă

•  Swahili – shukrani

•  Thai – กตเวทิตา

•  Urdu – شکر

•  Vietnamese – lòng biết ơn

•  Welsh – ddiolch

•  Yiddish – דאנקבארקייט

No Virginia… the answer is NOT turkey!

Give up???

Here’s a hint…your friends’ faces, the people you love, the things that make you happy, your favorite food or book or song.

Got it???

The answer is “Gratitude“.  All the countries above, & many more, have a word for gratitude.

Wikipedia defines gratitude as… thankfulness, gratefulness, or appreciation, a feeling or attitude in acknowledgment of a benefit that one has received or will receive.

How cool is it that, even though every country & culture has a way to express gratitude, Americans have an entire day devoted to its celebration? I’m going to suggest you start a list so that when you’re carving that turkey or that hotdog, watching those Lions & Packers or Duck Dynasty, or the Macy’s Parade or even planning that Friday morning shopping extravaganza, you won’t forget to find a moment to express your gratitude…”an acknowledgement of a benefit you have or will receive”.

Me…I’m off to find that list I started yesterday!!!