Serving up gratitude this holiday

Memories are shared, laughter erupts and bonds are, hopefully, tightened. (*Note: This scenario is much more likely to occur if you avoid talking about anything political and confine your conversations to food and football.) The consumer push goes full tilt from Halloween to Christmas, threatening to treat this humble holiday like a retail speed bump. Jose C. Feliciano Sr., chairman of the Hispanic Roundtable, is thankful to live in a country "that allows us to speak up for the last and the least, and that there are folks who still cherish this value as a core American value using their voices for Hispanics, particularly for the people of Puerto Rico and immigrants." Feliciano's sentiment was shared by Margaret Wong, the founder of Margaret W. Wong and Associates, who expressed gratitude to her parents for allowing her to leave home and come to America.