Why is Thanksgiving only once a year?

There is a Sesame Street video where Elmo wants Christmas to be everyday and his wish comes true. It becomes a disaster - where even the Count getstire of counting how many Christmas days in a row it is. If you want to watch it, it's on youtube in 6 parts (I believe). It's called Elmo Saves Christmas.

Anyway, I am not talking about making a turkey, having the bad can of cranberries, doing the stuffing and watching football (although 365 days of that may not be too bad.) I'm talking about the attidute of Thanksgiving. Having turkey sandwiches, turkey soup, turkey mixed with stuffing, turkey straight up, and turkey casserol for the next two weeks is already too much "Thanksgiving" for me. So the question of why aren't we more thankful more often is really what I come to. It is something God needs to work on me more with too.

Some ideas (some I do, some I probably don't as often as I should):
1) Thank your servers at restaurants and cashiers at fast food by name. They wear those name tags for a reason and it isn't so you know who to complain about. My wife hates it when I say, "Thank you, Kathy." or whoever, but I know I like being called by my name because it makes me feel more human instead of just an autonotrom earning a paycheck.
2) Start looking at the little things around you instead of being so busy going from place to place and thank God for his blessings. I've deliberately started walking slower just to see things I would normally miss. It is a world of wonders that God deserves to be thanked for.
3) Thank God for the bad times. God allows those struggles in our lives because it helps us grow up to be more like His Son. So it isn't all bad.
Romans 5:3-5
"Not only so, but we also rejoice in our sufferings, because we know that suffering produces perseverance; perseverance, character; and character, hope. And hope does not disappoint us, because God has poured out his love into our hearts by the Holy Spirit, whom he has given us."

So, I would like to officialy begin my hopefully more often than annual Thanksgiving list:

1) I am thankful that I am still breathing, feeling, thinking and walking. It's quite the blessing.
2) I am thankful for my wonderful family and that they drag me out of my introverted caccoon all the time.
3) I am thankful for my mother-in-law for putting up with my kids.
4) I am thankful for my son and his autism as it has taught me to be more caring for those in need and to see the strength of God through his weaknesses.
5) I am thankful for 3 cheerleader daughters who are way too loud in the morning but always rush up to me after any separation, screaming, "Daddy!" and giving hugs. Baby hugs have a way of making the troubles of the day disappear.
6) I am thankful for a wife who puts up with my bad jokes, who loves me even when I am inconsiderate or lazy, and who calls me her favorite husband when I do something nice. Her companionship means more to me that I probably ever let on and for that, not only am I thankful to her but I am sorry I don't let it known more.
7) I am thankful that God has us at our church right now and that He has big plans ahead for our church.
8) I am thankful I lost my paycheck from the church. It hurts, but God knows what he is doing and so I will praise Him when I win and praise Him when I lose.
9) I am thankful for the job God has provided and the skill-sets He has graced me with to do the jobs that no one else is trained for there. I thank Him for the logical/inquisitive mind He has given me to try to make things work and how they work because it makes computer work so much easier.
10) I am thankful for the desire God has given me to work with kids and see them come to Christ. Talk about struggles :) I pray that God restores to me more of that kid-like heart that has grown cold lately so that I can see through the eyes of a kid the wonders of His word, His world, and His ministry.
11) I am thankful that I don't have to stop at 10 :) This is my list and I'll thank who I want to!
12) I am thankful for my friends. I am not the type of guy who keeps close friends because I have a hard time in communication but there are friends who stay with me and I am thankful for that.
13) Ok, I should have stopped at 12 since it's almost 8 and I should get back to my room.

Thank you, Lord, for the good, the bad, the happy and sad, the fights and joys, the girls and boys. Thank you mostly for your love as I wouldn't make it a day outside of your arms.