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Monday, November 23, 2020
It’s Thanksgiving—during the pandemic
By SJ Otto
Thanksgiving will be this Thursday. Last
year I wrote an article
on Thanksgiving. That is a holiday that is supposed to go back to
when the pilgrims landed at Plymouth Rock in the 17th century. Native American
Indians and white settlers from Europe came
together to celebrate a difficult year. But the actual holiday we celebrate
today was OFFICIALLY declared, By
Congress and the President in 1941.Between that one year with the
Pilgrims and Indians and 1941, there have been many Thanksgiving celebrations.
They were especially popular after the Civil War. For a look at what we eat
today, this is from Mental
Floss:
“When
Bradford's journals were reprinted in 1856
after being lost for at least half a century, they found a receptive audience with advocates who wanted Thanksgiving
turned into a national holiday. Since Bradford wrote of how the colonists had
hunted wild turkeys during the autumn of 1621 and since turkey is a
uniquely North American (and scrumptious) bird, it gained traction as the Thanksgiving meal
of choice for Americans after Lincoln declared Thanksgiving a national holiday
in 1863.”
The
big difference this year is the Coronavirus. People are being advised not to go
to large family gatherings. I know I won’t. It will just be my wife, Cam
Gentry, my brother John Otto and me. Some people will take the advice and
others will not. I have just read about a woman in South Dakota who is determined not to wear a
mask or do any thing to disrupt her life by the pandemic. She is planning to
have 20 relatives and/ or friends over for the Thanksgiving Holiday. They are
not going to let that virus interfere with their traditional holiday. Some of
them may die if they catch that disease, but they are not going to let a little
death stop them.
This
is an unusual year. As usual, we need a good traditional Thanksgiving song:
For a
look at the politically incorrect ideas behind this holiday see Humans
are Free.
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