Paul
Sounds pretty reasonable, given that the the original purpose of the celebration was to give thanks to God.
Anonymous
I don't care. Canada also has a Thanksgiving.
Celebrate or don't. That's the end of it.
So only Christians can be American, Hunter? You're a symptom of what's wrong with America for so many years now.
Anonymous
Of course they will, ignoring the fact that Christians in other countries don't celebrate it. They think they own everything. In past years we've had streams of posts from Christians asking why atheists celebrate what is "obviously" a Christian holiday.
Anonymous
Its a holiday for Christians as much as everyone else. It is a day of thanks for every one so I don't know what you question is supposed to mean. Everyone has a claim to the day.
The Holy Shroud of Turin
"The vast majority of Americans have been taught---incorrectly, that the first Thanksgiving was between the Pilgrims and Indians in 1621.
The first Thanksgiving to the one true God was celebrated eighty years before the Pilgrims’ feast on September 8, 1565 in St. Augustine, Florida between Catholic settlers and the Indians, and the Holy Mass was offered. The Pilgrims later copied the event from 1565
And let everyone remember that "Thanksgiving" in Greek is Eucharistia. Thus, the Body and Blood of Christ is the true "Thanksgiving Meal".
https://www.catholiceducation.org/en/controversy/common-misconceptions/the-catholic-origins-of-thanksgiving.html