To: the OlLine Rebel
The U.S. Thanksgiving Holiday is based on the story of Pilgrims and Indians sharing many of the types of food that are included on the menu, including turkey and cranberries.
Canadian Thanksgiving, and I am sure others, don't have the same backstory, but the U.S. Thanksgiving is based on a particular event that happened in Massachusetts.
You can celebrate Columbus' Caribbean Thanksgiving if you like, then you can skip the cranberries, and probably the turkey as well.
44 posted on
11/04/2021 7:03:56 AM PDT by
Dr. Sivana
("There are only men and women."-- George Gilder, Sexual Suicide, 1973)
To: Dr. Sivana
Yes, mostly, but the statement was “the first thanksgiving”!
And, no one celebrated that regularly, so it really doesn’t count. Lincoln started up what we think of as TG, and apparently tying it to the MA Pilgrims.
But, the story of the US is not all wrapped up in New England.
101 posted on
11/04/2021 11:49:53 AM PDT by
the OlLine Rebel
(Common sense is an uncommon virtue./Federal-run medical care is as good as state-run DMVs.)
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