What Happened To Thanksgiving?

I know, I know. Thanksgiving has really gotten the shaft in recent years. I think within the next decade, retailers will just leave Christmas decorations out 24/7/365. I only mention this because as I am writing this, my girls are busy decorating the tree...ALREADY! I guess its not that early, I usually put up the tree the weekend after Thanksgiving but I just couldn't wait this year. I just love the glow of the lights, the sparkle of the ornaments and the jumbled way the house feels with all the extra stuff around. I am always the one to decorate, always have been. As long as I can remember, I've done it, even growing up. But here I sit, watching my kids take over. Its sweet watching them work together and saying to each other, "hey, remember this one?" That's funny because they're only 5 and 7, how many Christmas memories could they possibly have? And I'm trying really, really hard not to fix, adjust or criticize. I've got just a touch of OCD, and although I'm not neat, I'm a perfectionist. I'm trying not to pass that on to my kids. So I'll just smile whenever I see our tree... our beautiful 8' tree... the one with no ornaments higher than 6'.
And as for Thanksgiving, I'm thankful that my kids are making memories, that God has given me enough peace to let me let them do it without me and that we have been blessed with plenty in a time when so many have not.