On Thanksgiving.

[quixoticness]

Something I just noticed, while cooking: Thanksgiving is more 'sacred' - as in, more tradition-oriented, more important - to my family than Christmas. I mean, I guess Christmas was just something we picked up because everyone else (well, almost everyone else) does it here. It's not like we're religious. There's just something about Thanksgiving

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[neblinaclara]

This is nice, Liviao...:)

[quixoticness]

:D

it's also about killing Indians

[newbia]

It's the same way in my family. My mom said that Thanksgiving is particularly important to immigrants, who appreciate their new life. Also, I just love the food and family togetherness!

Re: it's also about killing Indians

[neblinaclara]

What bugs me about the killing Indians thing:

Thanksgiving isn't about killing Indians. Thanksgiving is about a *friendly* relationship with the Indians. It's ironic that one of our major holidays is based on our sole friendly interaction with a group we went on to slaughter and discriminate against, but the fact remains that Thanksgiving itself is not about killing Indians.

There, I'm done.

Re: it's also about killing Indians

[newbia]

Speaking of which: the day after Thanksgiving this year was officially set aside as a federal holiday to celebrate the contributions of Native Americans.

Unfortunately, it was only officially made into a holiday one month ago, and only for this year, so no one noticed.

Re: it's also about killing Indians

[quixoticness]

Boo, really? I'm depressed now; that totally would have made me happy.

(It's like Boxing Day! Lol.)