Dining Together - 1950 - Thanksgiving

This is a story of a holiday and home. Helping make ready a celebration is part of the fun. Especially for one of the nicest days of the year - Thanksgiving. There is happiness in the air, and the smell of turkey. Mmmmm, that does look good. Thanksgiving is a day for the best of everything. And friends invited to dinner. We remember the pilgrims had only rough tables on which to serve the first Thanksgiving feast, yet it was shared with friendy indians. It is good to share a holiday with friends. And it is good to have friends who like to come to our home. Good manners make people happy, and good table manners make eating together a happy time. We are thankful for our home and our happy meal. We are glad we have good table manners and know what to do with a napkin, how to use a spoon in eating soup easily, without noise. It just wouldn't be Thanksgiving without turkey. We know mother knows how to cook it, and father knows how to carve it. It is fine to sit-up and watch it being carved. You would know this is a holiday plate. At the first Thanksgiving dinner the indians didn't eat turkey with a fork, but it is easy to learn to use one the right way to take small mouthfuls. And how to butter and eat bread in small bites so we never have to talk with food in our mouth. It is good to have learned to chew with lips closed and know when to take a drink. Good table manners keep our meals happy meals and those who eat with us happy. Learning to use a knife the right way takes practice, yet each time we do it becomes easier. What to do with a knife and fork even when finished using them is part of eating well. Holidays are days to be glad, and all good manners are ways to make people glad. We like to offer help, or to help when asked. It is nice to talk with others, and to know when to wait and listen. We are glad to eat neatly without ... [?] Holidays are fun. And it is good to be part of a celebration, it is fine to have learned so much, and to have so much in hour home to make holiday celebrations happy. Now could you wish for more? The End.

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[RichHartley19671]

To homophobic haters, it will look creepy, Gerkinstock. To the rest of us who view humanity with decent, non-hating and well-mannered attitudes, their family is not only customarily normal, but commonplace.

[karabuller]

It is fine to watch this video on Youtube.

[capcentre]

Just a wee bit of over-acting here. Who dresses up like this anymore. Eating soup without noise? What the hell! Pretty skimpy looking turkey. Must have got that one on sale.Where is the damn cranberry sause? They are so damn concerned about the fucking table manners, that they are not enjoying the meal. What's wrong with talking with food in our foul-mouths? This whole thing is a bunch of crapola!

[MegaPatriot123]

@nanlisa Why don't you go visit your mom in the nursing home at Thanksgiving instead of being alone?

[cstoczyn]

@santamara LOL

[inkey2]

@orion421 ummm....so italians eat turkey different from anglos? How does that work?

[nanlisa]

I was also born in the 50's. When I was a child, we used to go to my grandmother's for Thanksgiving dinner. Then she passed away back in '85, and then my mother had it.

Unfortunately, my mother had a stroke just three weeks before Christmas of 2002, and she's been in a nursing home ever since. My father, my brothers, and I would have Thanksgiving dinner at Old Country Buffet. But every Thanksgiving, my uncle goes to upstate Pennsylvania. My brother and I spend Thanksgiving alone.

[gilmichelini]

These were available for elementary schools since the future '60s rebels needed additional help in learning how to eat at the table. :D Happy Thanksgiving!!

[princeminski47]

Hard to imagine that this was aimed at the general public and not "differently gifted" folks. The narration seems very slow and affected even for a 50s film.

[mePoorGamer]

One the creepiest videos I've seen in a while.

[sandyabernathy]

I was born in the 50's. And I remember them as a tiny child.