Thanksgiving, our blandest and most flavorless celebration of an imaginary past
Oh, for Pete’s sake. It is not necessary to ridicule something in order to praise something else. This reminds me of the “If it ain’t country, it ain’t music” bumper stickers. As others have pointed out, you’re doing it wrong. Thanksgiving around here is an epic feast.
You are also simply incorrect historically. Thanksgiving is not “an imaginary past”. It happened over 3 days in 1621. Two very different peoples, one barely surviving in a foreign land, shared food together. It is well worth celebrating. It was in sharp contrast to the tragedy that was both inadvertently & deliberately inflicted on the Native Americans by the Europeans.
Thanksgiving is an echo of what could have been, & what we can strive for. I plan to stuff myself with delicious food & be thankful for the happy days in a long & troubled history.
