Comments on: Ode to Thanksgiving

By: deowll

deowll — Sat, 26 Nov 2011 04:42:57 +0000

It is tradition for people in farming communities to have a thanksgiving bash after the harvest is in. The size depended on the bounty of the harvest.

Of course you can throw one for other reasons as well.

By: Mike Manley's Opinions & Information from Mediapolis & Burlington, IA » Blog Archiv » Thanksgiving truths from Dvorak.org

Fri, 27 Nov 2009 20:54:58 +0000

[...] and I apparently bitched about this last year with a snarky, but well-researched piece on the various iterations of Thanksgiving. Posted at [...]

By: Texasbacksass

Texasbacksass — Thu, 26 Nov 2009 18:46:05 +0000

yeah yeah yeah yadda yadda yadda mr. unhappy.

Try coming up with a “well-researched article to prove it was Pontius Pilot and his Nail Driving Five that hailed Jesus to the cross…it would make just as much sense as this dorkbrained article did.

By: AdmFubar

AdmFubar — Thu, 26 Nov 2009 15:11:51 +0000

“Since it is our only true de facto two-day holiday more than makes up for any flaws.”

Two days???? whut you talkin’ about willis???

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Thu, 26 Nov 2009 08:35:11 +0000

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By: Jens Stampe

Jens Stampe — Fri, 26 Nov 2004 10:54:17 +0000

I don’t know of any tradition that does not have a rather nice myth overlaid on a rather staid history. The same is true for national treasures like the Liberty Bell, which was once effectively a commodity and has, mostly through myth-making, become a sacred relic of sorts. Debunking these things is interesting and should be done, and yet doing so does not actually have much of an effect on people’s everyday opinions.

By: Wesley McGee

Wesley McGee — Fri, 26 Nov 2004 02:10:51 +0000

I don’t care where this holiday came from — it existed since before I was born, so it is ancient history — this is but one of only two national holidays in the sense everybody gets the day off to do some sort of communal ritual (the other one being Christmas). Not even Independence Day, Labor Day or Memorial Day is like that (though the latter two come close, but not for the intended reasons for the holiday, but because they bookend the summer season). This is a country spectacularly incapable of rest (we’re working longer hours and more days), and Thanksgiving and Christmas are the only two days of rest that I am sure will never be taken away. I can’t say that for any other day.

By: John C. Dvorak

John C. Dvorak — Fri, 26 Nov 2004 00:45:51 +0000

I have a great time cooking heirloom turkeys and the rest of a large meal with family. But I’m not kidding myself about this holiday. I do not think I have to be deluded to enjoy the moment.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Fri, 26 Nov 2004 00:22:21 +0000

Some people just have to put a damper on everything! Lighten up a bit and just enjoy the time with family, friends or whatever! And if you don’t want to celebrate a holiday—DON’T!

By: Mike Voice

Mike Voice — Thu, 25 Nov 2004 21:23:16 +0000

And Christmas is not much better.

It was an eye-opener to me to read “The Battle For Christmas” by Stephen Nissenbaum (ISBN 0-679-74038-4).

Most of the Christmas “traditions” which I thought were several centuries old, are in fact recent American inventions.

Almost as disturbing as finding-out the “Rudolph the Red-nosed Reindeer” TV special (with Burl Ives as the singing snowman) which I watched every year – while growing-up – was based on a marketing jingle for Montgomery Ward!