We’re about to head out the door to go down to John’s parents’ for Thanksgiving. And of course, first and foremost on my mind is: “how will I get a post up tonight?” So I’m dashing off this bit of a placeholder.
And also taking the opportunity to share something new I learned about Thanksgiving from a video I saw this morning. Apparently, Thanksgiving was created as a national holiday in 1863. Sarah Hale, publisher and editor of a magazine, Gode’s Lady’s Book, was the motivating force behind getting Abraham Lincoln to declare the holiday, and to have it be during the workweek. She motivated women around the country to harrass their congressmen and senators to bring about the holiday. According to the folks interviewed in the video, the bits and pieces of myth and knowledge about the pilgrims were collected together and made part of the holiday, along with the recipes collected in the women’s magazine.
I just thought that was interesting. And not something that gets mentioned when we learn to draw hand-trace turkeys in elementary school.
collecting tokens 
Huh. But, most interesting, I don’t trace any particularly Canadian spellings in this post …. :-P
it is interesting
Huh. Kind of a pre-Hallmark Hallmark holiday.
Dude, Thanksgiving was so last month, eh.
mimi-
I’ll try to do better next time. Maybe if I use more colourful terms?
painted-
I actually find it kind of inspiring, as well as surprising.
maggie-
At least there were no greeting cards then. And no enforced buying of crap.
denguy-
You’re so right. I must be looking at the wrong calendar.
Hello!!! Happy Thanksgiving!!! :) :) :) :) :)
Thanksgiving is 1 of my favorite holidays, and every yr I like to get into the mood-extend the holiday, when it were-by reading “Thanksgiving novels.” Not surprisingly, all these stories are mostly about family and friends, about coming together to heal old hurts and giving them thanks for the gift of love. . .. *
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