first topic: is thanksgiving even a holiday anymore

is it because everyone after halloween gose strate to christmas

OF COURSE IT'S A FUCKING HOLIDAY!

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people get off work

it's a holiday







does it still have it's original meaning? maybe.

pie you failed

BB hit the nail on the head with his last line

thanksgiving is the only holiday that supports child obesity. lol

Does it even have a reason to be celebrated?
I mean, the pilgrims weren't the first ones here obviously, and it's not like anyone really gives thanks for anything durring thanksgiving...

CivBase wrote:Does it even have a reason to be celebrated?
I mean, the pilgrims weren't the first ones here obviously, and it's not like anyone really gives thanks for anything durring thanksgiving...

well lets see everyone in my class said football, food and only afew others said faimly that was um i lost count after 17 XD

Thanksgiving is one of the few American holidays.

so that's the reason to celebrate

CivBase wrote:Does it even have a reason to be celebrated?
I mean, the pilgrims weren't the first ones here obviously, and it's not like anyone really gives thanks for anything durring thanksgiving...

it was celebrating the pilgrims coming here and the indians were invited to......

well it seems like its not celibrated any more

CivBase wrote:Does it even have a reason to be celebrated?
I mean, the pilgrims weren't the first ones here obviously, and it's not like anyone really gives thanks for anything durring thanksgiving...

The reason we celebrate thanksgiving is because in the past the pilgrims nearly starved to death during the winter, but they were able to survive it and were helped by the Indians.

So perty much thats the idea

We don't dwell so much on what happened later.........................

lol
if we didnt have that Move to the West thing on our side, it would have been seen as a war of extintcion damn near.

Don Corleone wrote:
The reason we celebrate thanksgiving is because in the past the pilgrims nearly starved to death during the winter, but they were able to survive it and were helped by the Indians.

So perty much thats the idea

And christopher colombus was a horrible drunkard and all the indians got essentially raped by the pilgrim machine.

The reason we celebrate thanksgiving is because in the past the pilgrims nearly starved to death during the winter, but they were able to survive it and were helped by the Indians.

And then we went and slaughtered all the Indians the next day because they wouldn't give us more food. They don't teach you that part in kindergarten.

well it seems like its not celebrated any more

My whole family is stopping by for thanksgiving dinner.

The pilgrims didn't kill the indians off and move them to reservations, learn your history.

course not.

Lord Pheonix wrote:The pilgrims didn't kill the indians off and move them to reservations, learn your history.

you're right. They just handed them smallpox covered blankets as a "gift"

AND THE YOU ES EH DID THE REST!!!!

except the british french and spanish started it (in north america)

CivBase wrote:Does it even have a reason to be celebrated?
I mean, the pilgrims weren't the first ones here obviously, and it's not like anyone really gives thanks for anything durring thanksgiving...

Please explain why "We weren't here first" is a reason not to celebrate and give thanks.
Honestly, Thanksgiving is still pretty big in my family. We got the pies baking right now, turkey is roasting, and we're going down to meet the family tomorrow.

Honestly, the reason I like Thanksgiving is because it's so under-commercialized. The only people who make a profit from it are those guys who sell turkeys and stuffing. So hats off to the REAL American holiday.

ReconToaster wrote:

And then we went and slaughtered all the Indians the next day because they wouldn't give us more food. They don't teach you that part in kindergarten.

Yeah, that's the part of American history that embarrasses me.

Well, they died off over a 20 year period. At least we didnt go in and kill them all and take the rest of them for slaves. *looks at Spain.* Thanksgiving is very big in my family. So yeah, I think it's still a holiday.

Thanksgiving is when we celebrate killing indians and taking their food.

I celebrate it.

playert wrote:
it was celebrating the pilgrims coming here and the indians were invited to......

Yeah, and how did that work out later?

Lord Pheonix wrote:We don't dwell so much on what happened later.........................

No, you don't do you...

Don Corleone wrote:lol
if we didnt have that Move to the West thing on our side, it would have been seen as a war of extintcion damn near.

Yeah, that's pretty much how we see it.

ReconToaster wrote:
And then we went and slaughtered all the Indians the next day because they wouldn't give us more food. They don't teach you that part in kindergarten.

No, and that made for an awkward moment when I asked, "Ms. Palmer, why don't we ever talk about the indians again for a while after this?"

Lord Pheonix wrote:The pilgrims didn't kill the indians off and move them to reservations, learn your history.

ReconToaster wrote:
you're right. They just handed them smallpox covered blankets as a "gift"

Rasq'uire'laskar wrote:
Yeah, that's the part of American history that embarrasses me.

Good.

Gold Spartan5 wrote:Well, they died off over a 20 year period. At least we didnt go in and kill them all and take the rest of them for slaves. *looks at Spain.*

No, technically, we died off over a 100 year on-and-off period.

BBJynne wrote:Thanksgiving is when we celebrate killing indians and taking their food.

Pie, you are not an indian. I don't care if your ancestors are, you're not being repressed by our government. We get it, the government screwd up, but yelling at us fixes nothing.