If Britain had a Thanksgiving Day what should it be thankful for ?

G.K Chesterton, who was Anglican for most of his life and converted to Catholicism toward the end, had this to day about American Thanksgiving (I think he can be forgiven for taking a little license with the facts)

In America, they have a holiday to celebrate the day the Pilgrim fathers arrived. In England, we should have a Holiday to celebrate the day they left.

Thanksgiving Day in America derived from Thanksgiving Day in England in the fifteenth and sixteenth century, which was then a holiday. Thanksgiving for the harvest.

The remnant of this in England is a ‘Harvest Festival’. These days goods are collected for Food Banks.

Edward Reynolds wrote a prayer of General Thanksgiving for the 1662 Prayer Book. This is still used in parts of the States. Here we can see what we should be thankful for.

Civilization

I was gunna say you dont speak German..

But since we all speak Arab now.. that whole thing seemed pointless..

Scones,tea, clotted cream, and lemon curd...

I guess you could be thankful that your oppressors haven't outlawed black pudding yet.

David Bowie?

Gk Chesterton suggested celebrating that the pilgrims had left Britain..I think it was facetiously 😏

The Tory party, which is presently the only thing that prevents your country from going full on Globalist/Commie.

That America saved them from speaking German

Arne Slot.

Tea

Wetherspoons

25/11/1783.