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Today is Thanksgiving in the United States, but business as usual for Bermuda. There’ll be no official turkey pardoning or Thanksgiving parade down Front Street. Still, many Bermudians find their own way to celebrate the holiday. Some get turkey dinn...

Mark Twain, that most American of American national treasures, celebrated what was to be his final Thanksgiving, in Bermuda on November 25, 1909. Already in failing health — he died the next March at the age of 74 — Twain dined with his Bermuda hosts...

The story suggests that the “seeds” of Thanksgiving Day took root in 1621, after the first corn harvest, by a group of settlers in America. Like all narratives, this one contains a measure of irony, in the dance of good and evil. The interlopers, awa...

Kevina Santucci will celebrate Thanksgiving today for many reasons but primarily because she is simply grateful to be alive. The same goes for her father, Chaplain Kevin Santucci, who will give thanks to God for his and his daughter’s recoveries from...

Betty Doyling Thanksgiving is a time to reflect on all the things in life to be grateful for. There’s so much that many of us take for granted: a roof over our heads, good relationships with friends and family, a fulfilling job — and a refrigerator s...

Dear Mr Editor, As Bermudians, we do not generally celebrate the American holiday of Thanksgiving; however, as Christians, our attitude should definitely be an attitude of gratitude. We are, as you know, thankful for the life and blood of Jesus Chri...

The star of the show at the home of US Consul General Mary Ellen Koenig every Thanksgiving? The pumpkin pie. For more than 30 years, she’s made it using a recipe she found in the St Louis Post-Dispatch, where her husband Robert worked as a journalist...

Shoeboxes aren’t just for storing shoes, they are also a great way to show love and gratitude. So believes Erlor Dean. She is stuffing shoeboxes with small gifts and handing them out to senior citizens as appreciation for their contributions, in the ...

What Bermudian doesn’t feel a pang of homesickness if they’re off the Island at Cup Match? Onions in Britain missed May 24 so much they now hold annual celebrations of their own. Americans feel the same about Thanksgiving, a holiday that centres arou...

By Bob Settje It is Thanksgiving week, and I am sitting here in Casco Viejo, the old quarter of Panama City, on one of my rare trips off-island, musing about my parents and grandparents and the Great Depression. To explain … depending on which versio...

If you’re determined to join the crowds tomorrow for those early morning bargains, here are a couple of tips to keep you safe, and help you survive Black Friday. 1. Get plenty of rest the night before. Hard core shoppers will likely be up at the crac...

War and unrest, terrorist attacks, killer storms, mass shootings, crime, gangs, murder, mayhem, struggling economies, poverty — if you read the headlines or listen to the TV news, you’d think we lived in an ever disintegrating world in which all the ...