While I have mixed feelings about this historical significance (would Native Americans be down with this so called holiday?), I do like to think of it as a long weekend to kick back, enjoy food (I am very grateful that I am a vegetarian), see family, and as cheesy as it is, give thanks. If not in a tangible way (everyone likes to do community service for the three seconds between Thanksgiving and Christmas and then never again), it is at least a nice opportunity to reflect on how fortunate we are, how unbalanced the world is, and to consider doing something, anything, in the months to come to offset this phenomenon. We are heading over to abuela's, children in tow as well as some completely homemade lasagna for me (thanks f!), to hang out, fight, eat, and then see a movie tonight. Thanksgiving night movie outing is one of our traditions. Bowling was another until all alleys decided that it was not worth staying open for just our clan. Hard to imagine that we will have two 9 month olds to bring with us to this meal next year. MoJo is high from the prospect of their double sleepover, last night at their aunt's and tonight at abuela's. Enjoy the day!
while I'm not sure if I understand the implication of this celebration (rhymes !!) i try to think that is a sort of a communion among the natives and the newcomers.
ReplyDeletehow the newcomers at a later date annihilated the natives is definitely another story.
I like to leave at that.
communion, celebration of the harvest and mother nature.
and I could not agree anymore about how unbalanced the world is, and how the direction it takes keeps going in the wrong and, I'm afraid, definite direction.
let's do what we can, which is little, but we might be many.