A new meaning for Thanksgiving?

[wildflower]

After the elections, I've been giving some thought to Thanksgiving, its meaning, and what we liberals will be doing that day to remember that. I was looking at this very (very--looks like a children's version) simplified history at about.com:

-The pilgrims left England for New Holland to escape religious persecution. (**oh, the irony**)
-They decided to go to America because they did not like their life in New Holland.
-They boarded the Mayflower and landed at Plymouth Rock on December 11, 1620.
-Their first winter was terrible and they lost many of their group.
-Their first harvest in the fall of 1621 was bountiful.
-The celebrated the harvest with the Indians that helped them survive. The feast lasted for three days.

This year's Thanksgiving might be better than ever to volunteer at shelters, to protest, to have a multicultural gathering, or even to organize and think about our country's origins and what we can draw from them.

-wildflower

[graywarrior]

1. I'm not celebrating Thanksgiving this year

or for the next 4 years

[wildflower]

2. Exactly--I'm talking about us assigning that day a new meaning,

or protesting it, and making the movement public.

I probably wasn't saying it very well.

-wildflower

[cally]

3. Thanksgiving is a time in my family for bonding

I'm not going to protest it. Instead, I'll buy from local farmers and try to avoid buying from Republican corportations. I think we need our loved ones more than ever and rituals are important.

[wildflower]

4. I'm sorry, I should have clarified...

This is for the people who don't have family; or who don't have family (or other) commitments for that day.

-wildflower