Excuse me, what does lifeparter mean?

Been from NY, our work office had a special Thanksgiving luncheon today. The first time we got together to pray and/or reflect on family and the gifts of life. It was so comforting.

louise<BR><BR>lifepartner means (in my case) that i live together with a man, which is more than a boyfriend but not my husband. we don't want to get married. i'm 34 years old and "boyfriend" sounds like a teenager and husband isn't the truth, so that's why i choose to say lifepartner. it could be my significant other or ??? but i think lifepartner is correct, we share our life together, we share our hights and deeps and we want to stay a long time together. <BR><BR>i hope this explained it.<BR><BR>christina

I thought I read lifeparter. Excussez moi. Interesting thread I am also keeping a copy.<BR>

Thanksgiving is when disfunctional families all get together and eat way too much and drink way too much and all talk at the same time and then fight for couch space to lay around on and groan.<BR><BR>I always head for the hills and ski myself!

Thanksgiving is just an excuse for Americans to stuff themselves like hogs and get fatter than they already are! So, put down that 3rd helping of pumpkin pie! Am I the only one having a tofu turkey with birdseed dressing?? :)

Oh What the heck, you just sleigh me! (another one of the pleasures I will encounter on my thanksgiving). comma comma comma

Christina!<BR><BR>Where are my Swiss Christmas cookies? They haven't shown up yet.<BR><BR>Wishing

.. is not Christmas yet!

For me, Thanksgiving mostly means giving thanks for family, friends and all that is good in my life thanks to God. Also, remembering the less fortunate and putting troubles into perspective. It means making my Grandmother's stuffing from scratch, with a recipe that is only in my head and passed down from her. It means eating great food, watching football and the Macy's Thanksgiving Day parade and usually taking a nap. Yes, the next day is the start of Christmas shopping and like crazy folk, my sister, mother and myself usually brave the crowds to go to the mall, pick up a few gifts and get into the Christmas spirit. Unfortunately, Thanksgiving also means the stress and guilt of where we will go. My parents, my husband's family. etc. Hard to see or please everyone.

Swiss Christmas cookies? Hell no! I want a Patek Philippe.

john<BR><BR>i have 2 rado's for sale.... swiss christmascookies are in the pipeline, basler brunsli, zimtsterne, spitzbuebe and even vanille kipferl, look! yummi stuff i tell you! made with love and butter.<BR><BR>tanti saluti<BR><BR>christina

In the French speaking part of Switzerland and in France, Dec 6 is Saint-Nicolas. Saint Nicolas used to come to the house on a donkey, and offer mandarines, cookies, nuts, in a cloth bag to good children, and a bunch of sticks (representing a beating) to those who had been bad. Basically, things were exactly like Ursula and Christina describe it. Sadly, I haven't seen this custom performed in a long time.<BR><BR>I've been introduced to Thanksgiving last year by American friends in Geneva, and I'm looking forward to it again this year. It felt like the Christmas celebrations we used to have when I was a kid.<BR><BR>Happy Thanksgiving to all.

Christina ciao!<BR><BR>Reading this, makes me hungry! Basler Brunsli, YUMMY!<BR><BR>Florence: Do you want me to come to Geneva disguised as a Saint-Nicolas?? ;)

ursula ciao anche a te! did you got my e-mail? <BR><BR>florence, i can come together with ursula and doing dr schmutzli, and if you want we can organize a donkey as wel :-)<BR><BR>tanti saluti<BR><BR>christina

Looks like a Fodorites gathering in Geneva someday soon, then ?

Safe travels this week everybody. Peace!

Thanksgiving is when families spend the 4th Thursday of every November with relatives that they don't really like. Thankfully, the large meal, which features turkey, puts everyone asleep immediately after dinner in front of the television. At around 6:30 p.m., everyone beats a hasty retreat, relieved to be returning to their own homes.

Speak for yourself, ABoy. This American girl ate Thanksgiving dinner at a restaurant, a restaurant may I add that was so packed we had to wait for a table. Many of us don't want the hassle of cooking/cleaning.