With Thanksgiving coming up, Heaven wanted to make her area around the front desk a little more festive for the season. To get everyone involved in the season, she put a tree on the front entrance and then passed out different color leaves to all the departments. On the leaves, each person wrote what they are thankful for and then posted it on the tree. Now we have a colorful Fall tree for everyone to see when they walk in the office.

Turkey day is a day of celebration every year here at Zappos in the photo department! We always have a pot-luck style Thanksgiving dinner sometime around the end of November. That being said, we would like to thank everyone for making our Thanksgiving feast a great one! We were all WOWed with so much great food!!

It was especially nice to have all of the photo & imaging team together for a movie, good food , card games, board games, and of course, Rock Band 2. We spent about 4 hours being just like a family. Catching up with those we don't see as often on other shifts, laughing about the good times and laughing off the bad times. We had the special treat of one of our former supervisors, Steph, coming in to visit and spend time with us all as well. Having her here to celebrate meant a lot, since she was such an important part in creating this tradition for our team years ago. All we needed was a nap after all that eating, because the turkey wasn't the only thing stuffed that day!

Thanks to everyone, and we are looking forward to doing it all again next year!

written by : Alma H. & Angela T.

Tis the Eve of Thanksgiving and some of us are either rushing to get out of work early, defrosting the turkey, pulling up Grandma's old stuffing recipe, deciding to eat tofurkey this year or making sure they didn't forget anything on their shopping list because the stores are going to be chaotic tomorrow. But whatever it is that you're doing today in order to prepare for this special All American Holiday, we are all brought to think about the things we are Thankful for and for all the blessings we have in our lives. After all, that's what Thanksgiving is all about.

So we walked around the office and asked Zapponians what they're Thankful for.

Have you ever had a Acai bowl? Its this Harmonious mixture of Acai berries, granola, bananas and its addicting!!!

I love berries, but it really never occurred to me that all berries have seasons, and though it may seem they are available year round, truth be told it takes alot of energy to keep us eating blueberry pie for the holidays

GREEN TIP OF THE DAY

Buy Seasonal Produce
Next time you reach for the strawberries in the middle of winter, think about whether you really need them.

Keeping food available all year round leads to massive travel costs and pollution.

Buy foods seasonal to your local climate. Summer is Berry season and the best time for : Gooseberries, cloudberries, strawberries, blue berries, black currants, red currants, and raspberries.

Till Next time, Stay Green YO!

This may seem a bit odd that I am writing an ode to apples and bananas blog, but I promise there is a reason behind my madness - all the time, 60% of the time - and this may very well be one of those times.

As I look at the beautifully ripe apple and banana that are sitting on my desk waiting to be devoured, I think of how fortunate Us Zapponians are to be provided with fresh fruit daily. To some this may not seem so special, but to others the thought of fresh fruit really is just that - a thought, or a dream. There are a vast amount of people who can't afford to have fresh fruit daily, let alone work for a company who provides it.

Most of the time I do wake up grateful for the "big and obvious things" that I have in my life, but I don't wake up every morning saying thanks for the fresh fruit and vegetables that I am fortunate enough to eat every day. And I know that I am not the only one who overlooks food everyday as something to be thankful for. And why is that? Well, that's because I have it. Those who wake up hungry and spend their day wondering where their next meal is coming from, would be extremely grateful for fresh apples and bananas. And to think I am fortunate enough to be picky and search for the best looking apple and banana in the bunch!

So, being as to how this is the month to say thanks and be grateful for all the amenities we have in our lives, I encourage you to do so. Take a moment to think about the "small things" in your life and you'll probably realize that it's a lot "bigger" than you thought.

What are the "Apples and Bananas" in your life that you look over daily?

Post a not-so-obvious thing that you're thankful for. Really. Think about this one.

The Zappos Kid's Team decided to embrace our Zappos Core Value of "Do More with Less" last week by hosting a Thanksgiving potluck. I know it's a bit early, but you can't ever go wrong with finely cooked bird and all the fixings!

Below is an account from Kid's team specialist, Lynsey C.!

This month we cut back our team dinners and events and decided to host a mixed Kids team potluck with our awesome Content Team! We had everyone sign up for various dishes and then Nick P. and myself took on the meats. We had two dishes of everything from sweet potatoes casseroles to Mashed Potatoes. We had a mini pie contest that consisted of a killer home baked pie by Marisa R. and a (shhh Costco maybe) pie by the other entry. Andy H. surprisingly made his very own green bean casserole...actually no one believed that he did actually make it, we assumed he had conned someone into making it for him! But, nope, Andy came through for us!

Kelly D. and Tara J. made very different, but equally awesome sweet potatoes, both won the eaters votes! All in all, our early Thanksgiving was quite a success. We are all happily stuffed employees ;)

Below is a shot of the most original desert I've seen in years......an Oreo, Rice Krispies Treat, Candy Corn turkey! Fine work!!!