It's so much fun to win prizes. Some people are really lucky and frequently win. Others almost never have their names drawn.
Usually, I fall into the latter category. However, this Thanksgiving week, I hit the jackpot. Linda, from A La Carte announced a giveaway of two darling, chubby Ma and Pa Pilgrims.
Oh, they were so cute. I told her to put my name into the hat, never dreaming of winning. When Linda alerted me that my name was drawn and that the little shakers were being sent to me, I had one more thing for which to be very grateful! 
Saturday afternoon, stepping out on to our porch to get the mail, the little box with a Priority Mail sticker on it was on the brick floor under the mailbox. "Yikes," was my first reaction, looking at the $7.90 price Linda paid to send them. That's expensive.
It felt like Christmas instead of Thanksgiving. I'm just like a kid when it comes to presents. I ripped open the box at the kitchen table. On top of the wrapping were acorn decorations, the colors of autumn.
Nestled inside paper were the little Pilgrims. I just loved that they were chubby. (In a way, they look like my Polish relatives. Polish Pilgrims? ha ha)
Linda added a sweet Thanksgiving Day card, too!
The little Pilgrims are together again!
They sit, awaiting Turkey Day, on either side of the acorns, which are now displayed in a little glass dish.
DO YOU REMEMBER SCHOOL LESSONS ON THE PILGRIMS?
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