Quintessential Thanksgiving - care package fun!

What is the quintessential Thanksgiving to you?

After seven years of living overseas, I am SO ready for my first American Thanksgiving in a LONG TIME. The pumpkins, the turkey (even though I won't eat it, I'm veggie! lol), the cranberry sauce, the family, the fun ... the fall!

For this swap, you will have ONE partner, and you will send them what you think of as a 'quintessential Thanksgiving care package.'

There is room to play around with this, because I know many of us have different traditions. However, there are a few stipulations, though, as it would probably not be fun for a very traditional person to receive ONLY non traditional thanksgiving items.

RULES

1. Send a care package to your partner consisting of THREE Thanksgiving themed items.

At least TWO of these items must be 'quintessential,' AKA traditionally recognizable Thanksgiving items. (A few ideas--box of stuffing mix, turkey stickers, a book of Thanksgiving recipes, a pilgrim doll, a Thanksgiving craft kit.)

You can play around with what Thanksgiving means for the third item, IF YOU WANT TO (you don't have to--they can ALL be traditional!) Ie, if your family always shares things you are thankful for when sitting around the table, you could include a pretty journal and tell your partner to write in it things that make her thankful. If you include a non traditional item, just make sure you EXPLAIN IT.

Wrap your gifts if you want, but it's not required. Send more than 3 if you want, but that's also not required.

1. Include a Thanksgiving card.

This can be a postcard or a greeting card, and it can be store bought or handmade, provided it is of high quality. Write a nice Thanksgiving message to your partner:) inside/on the back.

1. Items are sender's choice, but please look for dislikes/allergies.

You can go with whatever you want to send, provided the above guidelines are met, but please do look out for dislikes and allergies in profiles. For instance, I'm a vegetarian, so even though I wouldn't mind receiving food related items like stuffing mix or dry dip mix, I don't want any food items that contain any meat byproducts.

1. Finally, have fun! :) Enjoy this ... Thanksgiving is a joyful holiday for most people. Let's share the thanks.

   If you don't like it, or don't celebrate it, MOVE ON, don't make a big deal out of it.