"There are few sensations more painful than in the midst of deep grief, to know the season which we have always associated with mirth and rejoicing is at hand."
— Sarah Josepha Hale

January 1, 1970

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"Sketches of American Character: The Thanksgiving of the Heart"; Ladies' Magazine, vol. 2, no. 11 (November 1829), pp. 520, 522–23, 524