this holiday like so many leaves me puzzled. can you imagine a conversation like this:
Alien: So tell me about this Thanksgiving
Me: Well, it is a holiday that celebrates the fall harvest and how the Indians (Native Americans) helped the white people survive.
A: So how do you celebrate?
M: first you get in your gas guzzling SUV or hop on a plane and go visit your family. Then you cook a 25 lb turkey (plus an extra one for left overs) along with mashed potatoes, sweet potatoes, stuffing, cranberry sauce, green bean casserole, rolls, salad, 4 kinds of pie and then you eat until you are uncomfortable and then you eat some more.
A: so it is a holiday about food?
M: no it is a holiday about thankfulness.
A: But didn't the white people decimate the Native Americans?
M: Yes but we are still grateful that they welcomed us as we spread violence, disease and guns across their lands.
A: so the way you express your thankfulness for your blessings and bounty is to stuff yourself silly and then sit around while millions of people world wide would give anything for just a bite off your table of pleanty
M:basically, yeah. Oh and don't forget the football. Or Black Friday.
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seriously, black friday is just the icing on the gluttony crusted misinformation filled pie, ain't it?
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