On Thanksgiving Day, families gather together, prayers are said, and thanks are given.  Everyone prepares their big dinners, with roasted turkey, and dressing.   

The first Thanksgiving took place in New England and was celebrated by the Pilgrim settlers who established Plymouth Colony in Massachusetts in 1620.  The Pilgrims had struggled for so long on this voyage with little food and much sickness taking over.  In the spring, the Indians had helped the Pilgrims plant corn, and in the autumn, the first crop was harvested.  Governor William Bradford demanded that three days were dedicated solely to prayer and thanks.  The Pilgrims planned a huge feast and invited many of the Indians to join them.  This was the beginning of Thanksgiving that spread like a wildfire throughout other colonies over the years.  In 1863, President Abraham Lincoln proclaimed the first national Thanksgiving Day to be held on the last Thursday in November each year.  The present date was established by Congress in 1941. 

We encourage our readers to leave comments letting us know what you are thankful for.  We the RSS Pieces Team wish you and your families a very Happy Thanksgiving with many blessings. Check out some of these great recipes:

• Pumpkin Rolls
• Sweet Potato Pie
• IrresistablePumpkin Pie
• Jazzed up Gravy

Check out these great drink recipes:

• Farmer's Cocktail
• Wild Apple Turkey
• Thanksgiving Special Cocktail

Part 19 in this list of real estate blog ideas covers everything from ­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­gearing some of your writing to college students, thanksgiving, and writing more details about your neighborhoods.  See how Realtors across the real estate blogosphere are giving content a unique spin with these 10 real estate blog ideas. 209 down, 156 ¼ real estate blog content ideas left to go!

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Halloween also known as All Hollow’s Eve is a time for costumes, candy, Jack-O-Lanterns, bon fires, parties, and much more. Every year on October 31, children and adults all around the world dress up in their cute and ugly costumes. It is a great time to have safe fun and pretend to be someone or something you’re not for one night. The origin of Halloween began with the Celtic festival of Samhain, long before Christianity. November 1 was considered by them to be the ‘day of death’, because the leaves began to wilt and fall, temperatures began to drop, and it started to get darker outside sooner than normal. Also believed was that on October 31, Samhain, the lord of death, gathered the spirits of all who died that year. These spirits were confined to an animal’s body for the year as punishment for their evil deeds, and on the eve of October 31 they were released and given permission to return to their previous home to visit the living. Druid priests began to round people up and take them to worship ceremonies where they would bring offerings such as, animals, human beings, and other ‘things’ to be stuffed into a wicker cage and burned to death. This was done to satisfy Samhain and they believed it would keep spirits from harming them in any way. Those who brought offerings were promised prosperity by Druid priests, if you refused, you were cursed. 

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What is Social Bookmarking? 

Social bookmarking is a way for internet users to submit their favorite websites/posts to a public web site.  Users may also save another users bookmark to their own personal collection, and subscribe to a list of multiple other categories and public bookmarks.  To begin, you would need to register with one or choose two or three social bookmarking sites.  Here are the top 5 recommended sites:

• ·         Digg

• ·         Technorati

• ·         Reddit

• ·         News Vine

• ·         Del.icio.us

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Part 20 in this list of real estate blog ideas covers everything from ­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­covering National issues such as cancer, to the obvious for the month of October, HALLOWEEN.  See how Realtors across the real estate blogosphere are giving content a unique spin with these 10 real estate blog ideas. 200 down, 165 ¼ real estate blog content ideas left to go!

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