good bless all who serve

thanksgiving is held because we like to eat.

I like to eat, but I'm not quite fond of Thanksgiving food.

<font color=000000>Music Man</font> wrote:

I like to eat, but I'm not quite fond of Thanksgiving food.

Me neither... except for mashed potatoes.

<font color=purple>Miss James wrote:

Thanksgiving is a purely American holiday (or should be).

Hey, we Canucks celebrate it too. And you guys are 6 weeks late.

;D

I agree :)

<font color=purple>Miss James wrote:

Thanksgiving is a purely American holiday (or should be). Long story short, it started when the people came over here on the Mayflower. They made a feast and the Indians came and shared their food with them. They were all thankful for what they had and thus, Thanksgiving Day in America was born.

Many foreign countries have their own versions of Thanksgiving, on different dates of course.
And why should it be only American? Doesn't everybody have a good reason to give thanks despite their living standards.

Btw, Canadians should really give thanks for a lot of things.

- They have flu vaccines.
- Their country is not run by a bunch of right wing extremists.
- They have free health care
- They're not at war with anyone, and are kindly willing to share multicultural exchange with other nations.
- Their PM is not as dumb as our president.
- Sure they gave us Celine Dion, but ever since then they have not to let anything nearly as horrible get across their borders.

this topic is full of poop.

There's the thanksgiving myth...that there was a big joyous feat between the pilgrims and the native americans. It sort of glosses over the whole genocide thing.

Nowadays, it's mainly a subsidy for the poultry and cranberry industries.

And yes, god/mohammed/buddha/etc bless the soldiers, the family of the soldiers, and everyone Iraqi citizen that has been a victim of this event.

yes dog bless those who serve
epsceially my slaves
who serve me so well