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Even as a kid, when my craving for gifts was at its peak, I still preferred Thanksgiving to Christmas. It was the relaxed, unornamented holiday, when the family’s focus was simply on good food and each other (and football). As the name says, it’s about giving thanks, not things.

What a blessing to have a day devoted, as a nation, to thinking about who and what to be grateful for. And thanks for that to Abraham Lincoln, a president whose legacy was holding the nation together, not driving it apart.

Though family and friends as usual are top of mind, this year I’m thankful as well to some strangers: the many federal judges in district and appeals courts, including appointees of P

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