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How many more years will it be before the U.S. Government just gets rid of Thanksgiving altogether?

Already this year Black Friday is beginning on Thanksgiving Day for a lot of retailers. Plus, since the country is moving more towards Atheism, the whole premise on which Thanksgiving is founded was that the Pilgrims were thankful to God for their bounteous blessings. So when will the U.S. do away with it?

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  • B
    Lv 5
    9 years ago
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    Too much drama and worry!

    The pilgrims were thankful to God, but Thanksgiving is a mostly secular holiday. My family isn't Christian, and we celebrated Thanksgiving. Jews and Muslims celebrate Thanksgiving, so do atheists. If you're religious, you're thankful to God. If you're not, you're just thankful. You're not thinking if you think it's only possible for Christians to be thankful.

    Like everything in this country, it's all about the mighty $$$. Retailers are open because they can make money. Isn't that what free enterprise is all about? We no longer force businesses to close on Sundays for the Sabbath. They are free to make their business decisions as they please without regard to your religious beliefs.

    Just celebrate Thanksgiving at home with your family, say your thanks and be grateful for your religious freedom. And your freedom to shop or not whenever you please. - just don't deny it to others.

  • ?
    Lv 7
    9 years ago

    I don't see it going anywhere as it is one of the most widely celebrated holidays in the US. And the Government taking away Thanksgiving's status as a federal holiday is not in the forseeable forecast.

    The holiday is not actually because of the Pilgrims; it's because of over 200 years later when Sarah Hale who thought the Industrial Revolution was eroding American values and sought to have a holiday focused on hearth & home. She wrote letters for 40 years trying to get politicians to listen to her.

    Religion has nothing to do with it; you can be thankful for things you have without thanking any Gods for those things. The country has always been secular. We've had separation of the church & state since before Thanskgiving was a holiday... and thanking any Gods has never been a mandated part of the holiday, so how is it any different?

    You know, you don't have to celebrate. Just go shopping and grab some Chinese take out on the way home. You need the government to end a major family holiday because you don't feel like having a turkey dinner and are offended by your neighbor thanking his God for the bounty?

  • 9 years ago

    They won't do that. The problem is the retail businesses who want to make as much christmas money as possible. If people didn't go out on Thanksgiving to shop, the stores would stop opening then.

  • 9 years ago

    It's not all about religion. It really has nothing to do with religion, it's about being thankful for what you have, like family, friends, etc. If the country were to get rid of thanksgiving because of "religion" they would also have to get rid of christmas and easter. i don't think thanksgiving will ever be done away with. so sit down, eat a big meal, and gives thanks for the good things in your life.

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  • 6 years ago

    Even if you are atheist you have a reason to be grateful and give thanks for your health, your job if you have one because many people don't, your children ( I was not able to bear one ) or whatever you have because if you have a job you have to be grateful to the person that hire you, if you have a career you have to thanks your parents and whoever helped you get there. To be thankful is just beilng generous with those around you that had an influence in your life and help you be what you are today/

  • 9 years ago

    i don't think they'll do away with it; i mean thanksgiving is more of a tradition now than a religious ceremony. many people who are not christian still celebrate thanksgiving. i mean, why not? discounted electronics, big turkey, fun with friends and families. people need respites and this is a perfectly placed holiday between Christmas (which is traditional too) and halloween :D

  • Anonymous
    9 years ago

    Well you should be thankful all year not just one day a year and is anyone holding a gun to your head telling you to shop thanksgiving night?

  • Anonymous
    9 years ago

    Are you crazy?

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