Are you ready for the Thanksgiving weekend? Do you have big plans for a feast or spending time alone? Thanksgiving is a wonderful time to reflect and write in your journal. If you are looking for inspiration for entries, consider the following journal writing prompts for Thanksgiving.
- What are your plans for Thanksgiving 2023? Go into detail.
- Do you plan on hosting a traditional Thanksgiving dinner? Or are you doing something different this year?
- Create a gratitude list for Thanksgiving 2023. Try to reach a minimum of 10.
- Why is Thanksgiving an important day to give thanks?
- Why do you feel giving thanks is important?
- How do you show your gratitude to the people in your life?
- If you are hosting Thanksgiving, do you plan to make the entire meal yourself? Describe your Thanksgiving menu?
- What time of day do you typically serve your Thanksgiving dinner? Why do you pick this time?
- What is a traditional dish that you always make on Thanksgiving? Why do you pick this one?
- What is one dish that you will not make on Thanksgiving? Why?
- Who do you plan to invite to your Thanksgiving dinner? Extended family? Friends? Just you and your fur babies?
- Do you plan to have a “children’s table” for Thanksgiving? Did you ever sit at the children’s table? Describe your memory.
- Are you serving an old family recipe this year? Why is this dish important to you?
- Is there a new Thanksgiving tradition that you plan to start this year? Why did you pick this one?
- Why are keeping Thanksgiving traditions important to you?
- When you were a child, did your family host a big Thanksgiving dinner? Describe a typical Thanksgiving dinner? Who was there? What type of food did you eat?
- What is your earliest memory of Thanksgiving?
- Do you have a favorite Thanksgiving? Why does this Thanksgiving memory stand out the most?
- Do you still incorporate things/food/decor from your childhood into your Thanksgiving? What are they?
- Write about your first Thanksgiving as a couple.
- Write about your first Thanksgiving with your family. (Yes, your cat or dog counts as family.)
- Have you ever been to a restaurant on Thanksgiving? Why did you go there instead of staying home? Describe your experience.
- Have you ever been to a Thanksgiving Day parade? Go into detail.
- Describe your kitchen on Thanksgiving Day? How does smell? Is your kitchen organized or messy? What is the best part of your kitchen on Thanksgiving?
- How would you describe your Thanksgiving feast and traditions to someone living in another country?
- Why do you believe Thanksgiving is so important to American culture?
- Do you think Thanksgiving should receive more recognition? Why?
- If you could invite anyone to your Thanksgiving dinner, who would you pick? Why?
- What do you do after your Thanksgiving meal is over?
- Who helps you with the cleanup?
- Write a Thanksgiving poem.
- How did your Thanksgiving 2023 go? Describe the highs and lows of your day?
- What do you plan to do for the rest of your Thanksgiving weekend? Work? Relax? Hang out with family and friends?
- Does the end of the Thanksgiving weekend, make you want to start decorating for Christmas? Are you ready for the Christmas season to begin?
Happy Thanksgiving! Happy Writing!
