Thanksgiving

Taking a moment to be grateful for these often-overlooked blessings may be just what you need to feel more peace this Thanksgiving.

Did you know the founders of Kneaders are Latter-day Saints? In their first cookbook, they share stories motivated by their faith—including letting their kitchen be the destination of a terminally ill child's Make-A-Wish.

Even those who love Christmas music will want to stop and dance to this new Thanksgiving anthem.

Gratitude shows up in different places for everyone. Here are three times it was brought up in the most recent general conference.

Here are ideas for inexpensive ward gifts to help show the love this Christmas.

As the seasons of Thanksgiving and Christmas approach, we all remind ourselves to focus a little more on the things that we are blessed with in our lives.

These videos will help remind you that Thanksgiving is the perfect time count our blessings and live in an attitude of gratitude.

“The turkey blew up in the oven not one year but 3 years in a row.”

“Perhaps the longest-lived celebration of gratitude and thanksgiving is Passover. What’s the origin of Passover and what’s its connection to modern day Thanksgiving and our covenants with God?”

You can’t have a happy Thanksgiving without a little bit of laughter. So sit back and enjoy these hilarious Latter-day Saint comics as you get ready to celebrate Turkey Day with your family.

Want to spruce up Thanksgiving a little this year? Try these seven recipes that pay homage to the Thanksgiving classics while adding a new, delicious twist!

Families are inherently unruly things, but we can create peace as we get comfortable with conflict and recommit to love.

When the first company of Saints arrived in the Salt Lake Valley, it was uncertain if crops could be grown in the high, dry climate.

“O brethren, let us be thankful that it is as well with us as it is, and we are yet alive and peradventure, God hath laid up in store great good for us in this generation, and may grant that we may yet glorify his name,”

Over the years, President Thomas S. Monson shared several Thanksgiving tales that help us remember gratitude, charity, and the hand of God on our lives.

Try these 10 mouthwatering recipes for your leftover turkey, ham, cranberries, potatoes, and pumpkin.

“When we focus on our many amazing blessings, we become more and more aware of them, and thus more and more content and humble and grateful. And I might add, happier and more peaceful.”

Before President Russell M. Nelson’s challenge to turn social media into our own gratitude journals, there were dozens of lists online of things to be grateful for in the year 2020. Since his invitation, millions of ideas have been added by those using #GiveThanks. But there are a few spiritual things that I think we have become more grateful for this year, as we have either relied on them more or had to do without them. Everyone’s list will look a little different depending on personal circumstances, but here are a few things that I think many of us have come to appreciate more than ever this year (in no particular order).

Each November, as the air turns from crisp to chill and pumpkins on front porches are replaced with evergreen wreaths, the excitement of the season starts to settle in. Just before the hustle and bustle takes over, there is a small window where we can simply soak in the anticipation of all that is to come and relish in the nostalgia of holidays past. It is a season of gathering: heads bowed in unison as prayers of thanks are offered over turkey dinners and extra slices of pecan pie, familiar carols sung a bit off-key with those you love most, and the hope and peace that come from setting aside differences and distractions to worship together in honor of the Christ child.

While giving an address to LDS Business College students on November 19 in the Assembly Hall at Temple Square in Salt Lake City, Utah, Elder Neil L. Andersen of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles shared three things that we can always be grateful for—regardless of our circumstance.

“Whenever I think of giving thanks, I think of what in this life makes me whole, and I think of all the people I’m unable to properly thank.”

Elder Lamoti Manusete didn't have much growing up in Tonga. He remembers often having plain, old soup for dinner.

World-renowned golfer Tony Finau is giving back this Thanksgiving. After finishing the Masters with a dislocated ankle and a hole in one, Finau is a rising star in the golfing world. But no matter the amount of success he receives, Finau is quick to share his testimony through words and actions.

My Young Women leader asked a hard-hitting question that began to change how I pray.

As Thanksgiving day approaches, frenzied preparations for a magnificent feast, rampant thoughts of Christmas preparations, and busy family schedules can take over.

Embrace everything you love about fall and get your home Thanksgiving-ready with these delightful decorations centered around family and gratitude.

What better time to take a good look at what you are really thankful for than the Thanksgiving season? While gathered with friends and family for the holiday, these Mormon celebrities and artists shared what they were thankful for in the best ways.

There's nothing quite like being an American missionary around Thanksgiving. Whether you have a dinner appointment, are trying to find classic Thanksgiving staples in a different country, or are making due with what you got, there's no doubt this day is an adventure.

With the last leftovers of Thanksgiving turkey slowly disappearing from refrigerators around the country, the only reminders of last Thursday are the good memories made with family and friends.

What a beautiful way to spend Thanksgiving by serving the Lord and serving others.

Through 101 scriptures filled with thanksgiving, see how the scriptures teach of the Savior’s perfect example of gratitude, provide examples of disciples of Christ giving thanks and praising God in a variety of circumstances, echo the thankful message in the Psalms, and provide counsel for us to live in gratitude daily.

As Thanksgiving approaches, many are wondering if the turkey will be cooked just right.

With the upcoming Thanksgiving holiday, there are so many great things to look forward to: more time spent with family and good friends, elections will be over, and Gilmore Girls returns on Netflix with four new episodes.

Thanksgiving is one of the best times of year, full of family, food, and fun memories. But finding the best Thanksgiving recipes when you're having family and friends over can be stressful.

MR says: Even though Thanksgiving is over, there's still time to celebrate gratitude and thankfulness. Here are the religions that do it most.

While spending Thanksgiving nearly 3,000 miles from his home in Oahu, Hawaii, Elder Kivalu Ramanlal knew his family misses him for a special reason.

MR says: Mormons have a huge advantage when it comes to Thanksgiving: and no, we're not just talking about having large families or fantastic ward cookbooks. We're talking about an advantage on a grand, cosmic scale.

MR says: Every Thanksgiving, Builders Without Borders of Utah puts the thanks back in the holiday by traveling to Tijuana to perform service that has changed the lives of thousands.

While in Utah for a book tour for her autobiography More than the Tattooed Mormon: The Story of Al Carraway, Al Fox Carraway got together with her good friend James the Mormon to create this fun video about Thanksgiving traditions.

MR says: Did you know that the BYU buildings get together every year for a special Thanksgiving feast? And did you know they are all quite hilarious? Well, in recent posts on Twitter, the buildings sure let their personalities shine! Find out what they will bring and what hilarious activities they'll be doing over the long break!

Whether you grew up in the '80s, '90s, or even in the 2000s, you probably joined the ranks of Mormon kids who had a Mormonad on their wall and swapped Mormonad cutouts from the New Era.

It’s November again and we all know what that means.

It was the day before Thanksgiving – my first one away from home. As a freshman at BYU, it was not feasible to go home to Ohio for a four-day weekend. My first sweetheart and I were driving from Provo to Rexburg where our two sisters and several other ward friends were attending Ricks College.

Thanksgiving — complete with food, football and festivities — is the unofficial kickoff to the American holiday season. A day of gratitude is just the ticket to starting off the merriest time of the year.

With Thanksgiving just around the corner, the month of November is filled with gratitude. This can be seen on social media outlets, where users frequently participate in #30daysofgratitude on Facebook and Twitter, among others.