Sunday, February 15, 2009 - 23:27
gimpnoid... thanksgiving here in the states is supposed to celebrate the coming together of the native indians and the pilgrims from england back in the 1600s... the natives and the colonists broke bread and gave thanks...
you can read a pretty good history about it here...
today family and friends get together to eat traditional holiday meals of turkey, ham, potatoes, yams and pumpkin pie for dessert... watch a ball game or two...
the thanksgiving holiday, like christmas, is really commercialized here... most people have a four day weekend for it... traffic is always bad... the biggest shopping day of the year is the day after thanksgiving, known as black friday... a good time to stay home...