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For my American readers - Happy Thanksgiving

"Of all of the holidays to be observed in our calendar year, Thanksgiving is indeed considered the most American of them. Yet autumnal harvest festivals of giving thanks predate the American observance by centuries throughout various parts of the world. But it was the unique experience of 1621 when a shipload of English-speaking Pilgrims from Holland on the Mayflower feasted with a local indigenous population on the eastern North American continent, and were actually saved by them! Although the Pilgrims, religious and political refugees from mother England that they were, gave thanks for having survived much misery and disease through a safe trans-Atlantic Ocean arrival, the actual three-day festival was more of an observance of a successful harvest season having been granted them by Divine Providence." found here

Not to burst your full thanksgiving belly but - Check out this blog - Black Hand Side for another side to the thanksgiving story.

Also, consider folks who can't afford to eat properly on this holiday - donate some food or help out at the food bank and soup kitchens.

posted by Netwoman @ 1:19 AM