Thanksgiving Dear Gerry, Thanksgiving has come and, sadly, gone. We have so many things to be thankful for. Our church, our country, our family, our health, and our City and County of Mason. Thanksgiving is an American tradition of giving thanks for the bounty of life and the earth; no other country has a holiday for giving thanks for the gifts of the Almighty. In Mason our children do not have to make an appointment to see Santa Claus as they have to do in Macy’s in New York this yea ...