Just because of a public holiday, so kill it?
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History Of Thanksgiving Day
Thanksgiving Day in the United States is an annual day of thanks for the blessings of the past year, observed on the fourth Thursday in November in each of the states, the District of Columbia, and Puerto Rico. It is a historical, national, and religious holiday that began with the Pilgrims. After the survival of their first colony through the bitter winter, and the gathering of the harvest, Gov. William Bradford of Plymouth Colony issued a thanksgiving proclamation in the autumn of 1621. This first thanksgiving lasted three days, during which the Pilgrims feasted on wild turkey and venison with their Indian guests.
Days of thanksgiving were celebrated sporadically until, on November 26, 1789, President Washington issued a proclamation of a nation-wide day of thanksgiving. He made it clear that the day should be one of prayer and giving thanks to God. It was to be celebrated by all religious denominations, a circumstance that helped to promote a spirit of common heritage.
Credit for establishing this day as a national holiday is usually given to Sarah J. Hale, editor and founder of the Ladies' Magazine (from 1828) in Boston. Her editorials in the magazine and letters to President Lincoln urging the formal establishment of a national holiday of thanksgiving resulted in Lincoln's proclamation in 1863, designating the last Thursday in November as the day. Succeeding presidents annually followed his example, except for President Franklin D. Roosevelt, who in 1939 proclaimed Thanksgiving Day a week earlier--on the fourth but not the last Thursday--to encourage holiday shopping. In 1941, Congress adopted a joint resolution setting the date on the fourth Thursday.
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So, Thanksgiving began because after a bitter winter, finally came a good harvest of food and so those people started their celebration by feasting on their harvest, turkey, venison, corns etc.
I doubt anyone wouldn't party if they are faced with such a table full of piping hot delicious food in such weather and tough times in war.
However, the majority of us who can afford to have 3 meals and a dessert a day, sitting comfortably in the couch, twirling the tv remote in our hands and munching crackers, do not need to have a additional turkey or venison on our already-over-scale-diet for additional dish on our dining table!
The food we all have daily, isn't it the same as eating Turkey already?
Thanksgiving is to thank God for providing us with food and water on Mother Earth, not to kill additional unneeded food.
I sincerely thank God for the food and water i have, but i wouldn't want to buy a Turkey purposely for the sake of Thanksgiving celebration, needless to say, for Christmas as well.
Hence, to those who are coming for my Christmas dinner, do not expect to see a gigantic turkey on the table!
I buy what i see, not see what to buy. :)
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