Category: Thanksgiving Story

Thanksgiving at the Polls by Edward Everett Hale

Posted on November 22, 2023November 22, 2023 by Every Writer

Frederick Dane was on his way towards what he called his home. His home, alas, was but an indifferent attic in one of the southern suburbs of Boston.

Old Man Rabbit’s Thanksgiving Dinner Carolyn Sherwin Bailey

Posted on November 18, 2023 by Every Writer

Old Man Rabbit sat at the door of his little house eating a nice, ripe, juicy turnip. It was a cold, frosty day, but Old Man Rabbit

Two Thanksgiving Day Gentlemen by O.Henry

Posted on November 8, 2023December 7, 2023 by Every Writer

There is one day that is ours. There is one day when all we Americans who are not self-made go back to the old home to eat saleratus biscuits and marvel how much nearer to the porch the old pump looks than it used to.

An Old-Fashioned Thanksgiving by Louisa May Alcott

Posted on November 5, 2023November 5, 2023 by Every Writer

“Yes’m,” answered two meek voices, and after a few irrepressible giggles, silence reigned, broken only by an occasional snore from the boys, or the soft scurry of mice in the buttery, taking their part in this old-fashioned Thanksgiving.

The Night Before Thanksgiving by Sarah Orne Jewett

Posted on November 15, 2010August 10, 2017 by Every Writer

The Night Before Thanksgiving by Sarah Orne Jewett I. There was a sad heart in the low-storied, dark little house

MR. LITTLE SELECTS THE THANKSGIVING TURKEY Mary E. Wilkins

Posted on November 11, 2010August 10, 2017 by Every Writer

“I should think that was queer, the day before Thanksgivin’,” said Mrs. Little. She was examining the turkey critically. “I guess it’ll do,” she declared finally.