ElwoodBlues · M
Thanksgiving is when our extended family gets together and prepares really great food and all hangs out in the kitchen and stuff. Board games will be played, puzzles solved, and beverages consumed. With luck it all lasts for 2 or 3 days with great breakfasts, great leftovers, etc.
Yeah, sometime in the past there was some colonial & religious connection, but that's all irrelevant now. The cool thing about Thanksgiving is nobody has found a way to really commercialize it. Just people who love each other hanging out!
Yeah, sometime in the past there was some colonial & religious connection, but that's all irrelevant now. The cool thing about Thanksgiving is nobody has found a way to really commercialize it. Just people who love each other hanging out!
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ElwoodBlues · M
@Morvoren Very different from Xmas. No pressure to spend money, no worries about "is my gift-giving fair," no church to attend or hymns to sing or saviors to be praised or religious preferences to consider. Completely non-commercial, I don't know if I can adequately convey what it means when you're not bombarded with "spend more money" propaganda for the preceding month. Don't get me wrong, I like Xmas and I like giving gifts (more than receiving, I've reached that age), but I could do with a whole lot less corporate and religious involvement.
LeopoldBloom · M
@Morvoren It’s arbitrary.
I get that the moon landing was a big deal, but if we hadn’t done it, I don’t see the difference. It’s not like it was the start of a moon colony. It was basically a dick-measuring contest with the USSR. Notice we haven’t been back there in 50 years.
I get that the moon landing was a big deal, but if we hadn’t done it, I don’t see the difference. It’s not like it was the start of a moon colony. It was basically a dick-measuring contest with the USSR. Notice we haven’t been back there in 50 years.
BackyardShaman · 61-69, M
In reality T Giving was started after the USA civil war by President Lincoln to try and promote uniting the politically divided country, the pilgrim/turkeys thing is a folk tale. It is a USA holiday and is not associated with Christmas.
Viper · M
Nope, Thanksgiving is a food celebration and times to be thankful that you got food going into the winter.
smileylovesgaming · 31-35, F
Family or friends get together and eat a big dinner.
BeefySenpie · M
WolfGirlwh0r3 · 36-40, T
originally it was meant to be a day that people tell their family and other such said loved ones what they are thankful for.... NOW it has been corrupted to an event to be forced to spend time with family you dislike, and then to nap from the over eating, and wake up at midnight to go beat the fuck out of each other to buy shit you dont need at all for cheep
SlaveEt · 36-40, F
@WolfGirlwh0r3
The cynic's version but not really wrong either😉
The cynic's version but not really wrong either😉
basilfawlty89 · 36-40, M
It's a day to get fat owing to the fact that some Englishmen came over, met with Native Americans, killed said Natives and decided to call it their land.