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| A gift at Thanksgiving can say thanks and pass on wishes that next year be prosperous
The Pilgrim Fathers never actually called themselves "Pilgrims" but they did enact the first "Thanksgiving" back in 1621. This was a secular, three-day harvest festival held sometime between September and November when they dressed somberly and dined on wild turkey, venison, seafood, Indian cornmeal, stewed pumpkin, nuts and plums to offer thanks for their survival (the few that remained). There was no ham, no mashed potatoes, no corn on the cob, pumpkin pie or cranberry sauce.
Do you know someone who could benefit from some special luck at Thanksgiving?
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Send good luck wishes to a friend, loved-one or work colleague at Thanksgiving . . Help your friends and loved-ones have a great day and achieve success and happiness in the coming year. See SHOP for range of THANKSGIVING gifts.
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Thanksgiving did not become a national holiday in America until President Abraham Lincoln declared it so in 1863. Turkey, of course, survives to this day as an essential ingredient of this tradition but the cornucopia (another symbol of Thanksgiving) was probably not in evidence in those early (and difficult) times of 17th Century America. But it is the cornucopia that , perhaps more than anything else, symbolizes prosperity and well-being at the time of Thanks-giving.
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The cornucopia is steeped in the Greek mythology of centuries ago: Amalthea was a goat who raised Zeus on her breast milk. Her horn was accidentally broken by Zeus whilst they were playing together, and so Zeus, in remorse, gave her a new one which now had supernatural powers. Amalthea filled it with flowers and fruits and grain which gave the person who possessed it whatever he or she wished for. In modern depictions, the cornucopia is typically a hollow, horn-shaped wicker basket filled with various kinds of festive fruit and vegetables.
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The Indalo shape
(whether it be classical like Leonardo da Vinci's Vitruvian Man, or
spiritual as in the Rainbow Warrior of the ancient North American Indian
Cree tribe), is a popular symbol (like the clover leaf, horseshoe, or
scarab) used to pass on good luck sentiments to friends and family.
Our lucky charms come from Almeria in southern Spain close to where the original Indalos were discovered. This is a region of ancient culture believed to be the origin of the Neolithic civilisation that spread up into the whole of northern Europe between 4000 and 2000 BC - and the beginning of a megalithic era that was one of the great periods of Spanish and European history and included the construction of the mystical monuments of Stonehenge and Avebury in Britain. Cave paintings of Indalo-type shapes mingle with representations of suns, spirals, animals and labyrinths, each with their own mystical and esoteric meaning.
Pass on your good luck sentiments to friends or loved ones . . TODAY!
The Indalo is reputed to have mystical powers to bring luck, good fortune and happiness. So . .
* FOR THOSE THAT SEEK happiness, prosperity, friendship, protection, and good health . .
* FOR THOSE WHO WANT more luck, love, confidence, success, and achievement . .
* FOR THOSE WHO want their dreams to come true . .
Get them an Indalo!!!
Many of the lucky charms on this site are hand-crafted and so although the colour, size, etc, can vary a bit from the photos shown here, it is used as a recognised but unique way to express goodwill wishes and desires. The accompanying information card about good luck and the Indalo can be personalised with your own special message.
The gift of an Indalo is perfect . . saying Good Luck, Congratulations, Best Wishes, With Love, or Thinking of You . . in its own special way.
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