IT IS STARK, RAVING unfriggingbelievable how much we in america have to be thankful for, on this, the greatest of american holidays, which combines patriotism and religion in exactly the right mixture. Not too much of either, but enough of both.
The people who started Thanksgiving must've felt like they had awakened from a nightmare. Friends and family members were no longer dying like house flies, there was finally enough food and shelter to survive, and the local natives had finally decided to be friendly, which they would have done in this first place if the strangers hadn't stolen from them and pointed fire sticks at them.
Thanksgiving is a celebration of survival, cooperation, peace, and gratitude for all the above.
The people who call the united states the greatest country in the world generally have no idea how great other countries are, or how great their own country is. But that's OK. They mean well.
If you happen to have a relative or friend who wants to celebrate Thanksgiving by going to a cassino, having a fancy buffett, doing a little gambling and drinking, try to dissuade her. Thanksgiving is a day of giving thanks, to God, for all the great blessings with which we americans are blessed.
Thanksgiving is a day for family, love, togetherness, prayer, and giving thanks not for gambling and
drinking. It could even be argued that having a huge meal to celebrate is not so much an act of giving thanks, but rather of accepting yet more blessings. Thanksgiving is everyday.
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