Thanksgiving

"After a good dinner, one can forgive anybody, even one's one relations." - Oscar Wilde from: Thanksgiving Day 2016 quotes and sayings: Inspirational, funny holiday insight http://media.al.com/news_impact/photo/Thanksgiving%20art.JPG THANKSGIVING: Seems that anything human beings do gets complicated. When there is a need to woo and/or get mated, Boy/girl, love/romance, may develop and change finally requiring skilled attorneys to rearrange. Even a simple day of gratitude for what life has us provided has a history of varying dates and attitude until more (or less) decided. Some time after the harvest the day is chosen, but why not in the Spring after surviving being frozen? And why a Thursday when any other day as well could serve? Well, whether it was ancestral wisdom or simply lack of nerve, It's still a holiday I appreciate as I eat whatever's on my plate, for I could feel similarly as devout with just a good Chinese takeout. HzL 11/24/26 United Kingdom Harvest Festival flowers at a church in Shrewsbury, England The Harvest Festival of Thanksgiving does not have an official date in the United Kingdom, however it is traditionally held on or near the Sunday of the harvest moon that occurs closest to the autumnal equinox. Harvest Thanksgiving in Britain pre-dates Christianity when the Saxons would offer the first sheaf of corn to fertility gods. When the harvest was finally collected, communities would come together for a harvest supper.[45] When Christianity arrived in Britain many traditions remained, and today Harvest Thanksgiving is marked by churches and schools in late September/early October (same as Canada) with singing, praying and decorating with baskets of food and fruit to celebrate a successful harvest and to give thanks.[46] Collections of food are usually held which are then given to local charities which help the homeless and those in need, from: Thanksgiving - Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thanksgiving Thanksgiving Day is a national holiday celebrated in Canada and the United States. It was originally celebrated as a day of giving thanks for the blessing of the ... ‎Harvest · ‎List of films set around ... · ‎Thanksgiving (disambiguation) · ‎McDonald's Thanksgiving (United States) - Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thanksgiving_(United_States) Thanksgiving, or Thanksgiving Day, is a public holiday celebrated on the fourth Thursday in November in the United States. It originated as a harvest festival. History of Thanksgiving - Thanksgiving - HISTORY.com www.history.com/topics/thanksgiving/history-of-thanksgiving In 1621, the Plymouth colonists and Wampanoag Indians shared an autumn harvest feast that is acknowledged today as one of the first Thanksgiving celebrations in the colonies. For more than two centuries, days of thanksgiving were celebrated by individual colonies and states.