Thanksgiving Clip Art

Fall is my favorite time of the year and Thanksgiving is my favorite fall event. In addition to enjoying the fun of Thanksgiving dinner, I love that I finally stop sweltering because the weather cools off here in South Florida. By the end of November we can actually open our windows. It's like heaven on earth.

This free Thanksgiving clip art (scroll down to see and download the clip art) captures the feeling of fall that I love so much, so I was excited when Picnic finally released their Thanksgiving art. For those who haven't seen my other free clip art hubs, I use Picnik to make my own clip art. You can also use it to superimpose Thanksgiving images over your photos. You might want to try it; it's free!

Choose a small version of any of the Thanksgiving clip art images above the large image to the right. When you click on one of the images, it will appear larger.

IMPORTANT: Once you've chosen an image and see it larger, double-click on the larger image, which will make the best version of the art appear. Sorry for the extra step, but this will give you the highest quality art.

Then, if you have a PC, just right-click and save the final version of the artwork to your hard drive.

I hope you find this free Thanksgiving clip art useful! Have a wonderful holiday!

Thanksgiving 2008: This Thanksgiving I have something else to look forward to besides pumpkin pie and turkey, because our niece Amy will be marching in the Macy's Thanksgiving Parade with the South Florida Special Needs Color Guard (FSNCG). Because of the name, the FSNCG seems like it would be just a Florida organization, but it's actually the only special needs color guard in the country.

Amy, who is also an accomplished Special Olympics athlete, and a group of other talented developmentally disabled South Floridians, have been working very hard to get themselves ready for the big event on Thanksgiving weekend. They also marched in the parade two years ago, but they were only seen very briefly on TV. This year NBC has chosen The Special Needs Color Guard as one of 12 groups out of 250 to focus on in their narration for the Thanksgiving Day parade.

The color guard is always looking for funds, so if you'd like to support them with a tax deductible donation, you can do so at the South Florida Special Needs Color Guard Web site.

Here's a video of their 2008 performance:

Amy is at the front doing the solo dance with her friend James!

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Although I love Thanksgiving clip art and the holiday itself, it's important to remember that there has been quite a bit of revisionist history surrounding the original event. Many people are now becoming sensitive, and rightfully so, to the fact that the Pilgrims annihilated native people.

While we can't erase the terrible deeds that happened long ago, we can keep a loving spirit toward those who were pushed out in the name of progress. Even more to the point, we can be tolerant of all races and traditions now, because we can do something about that. So this is just a gentle reminder that on Thanksgiving -- as well as every other day -- we should practice tolerance. That way, our ancestors won't have to make apologies for us the way we have to for ours.