SOAPBOX of the week: thankful for Peanuts

Peppermint Patty: What kind of Thanksgiving dinner is this? Where’s the turkey, Chuck? Don’t you know anything about Thanksgiving dinners? Where’s the mashed potatoes? Where’s the cranberry sauce? Where’s the pumpkin pie?”

Marcie:  “Don’t feel bad, Chuck. Peppermint Patty didn’t mean all those things she said. “

 
Charlie Brown: I don’t feel bad for myself, I just feel bad because I’ve ruined everyone’s Thanksgiving.”
 

Marcie:  But Thanksgiving is more than eating, Chuck. You heard what Linus was saying out there. Those early Pilgrims were thankful for what had happened to them, and we should be thankful, too. We should just be thankful for being together. I think that’s what they mean by ‘Thanksgiving,’ Charlie Brown.”

 

As always, we can learn a lot from kids…if we’d only listen.

An excerpt from “A Charlie Brown Thanksgiving” (TV show, 1973) Created and written by Charles M. Schulz.  Copyright 2000-2010 by Kimberlie Dykeman. SUBSCRIBE to FREE feed/email  HERE!   “Pure Soapbox” available nationwide. A portion of the proceeds of all book sales is donated to LIVESTRONG.  BOOK KIMBERLIE TO MOTIVATE   your peeps! info@puresoapbox.com

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