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By: PureMorning

PureMorning — Thu, 10 Dec 2009 04:12:05 +0000

Thanksgiving is a great holiday because the table is set for ALL! Happy Holidays!

By: julielindahl

julielindahl — Sat, 05 Dec 2009 07:29:58 +0000

Hi Tigger…why not just take the essence of Thanksgiving, which is a very global idea, and leave out the things you don’t like? That is the way that cultures evolve, become richer and more diverse.

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By: tigger007

tigger007 — Sat, 28 Nov 2009 10:05:51 +0000

i’m going to take an educated guess. your husband is american and you live or lived in america. the reason i took this guess because you typed american football and american football has been apart of thanksgiving for yrs. american football is thanksgiving tradition.

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By: Monica

Monica — Fri, 27 Nov 2009 21:55:49 +0000

For me Thanksgiving is about being with my family and friends knowing that they are safe and alive and having a good time. It is about feeling the warmth from all of the love and happiness that this holiday brings and it continues through out into the New Year. And of course the American Football helps with this tradition. )

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By: Tigger007

Tigger007 — Fri, 27 Nov 2009 11:36:06 +0000

i hope to god that thanksgiving does NOT come to scandinavia or any other place in europe. swedes are known to except american traditions and holidays and NOT to the true meaning of them. thanksgiving is something you have to been grown up with.it’s not something you and take. americans feel strongly about this holidays because it’s all OURS! this first comment is really true and i like it, in america you can see the the fruits of your hard labour and much much more.

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By: Julie Lindahl

Julie Lindahl — Fri, 27 Nov 2009 08:17:11 +0000

Hi Vladimir,
Thanks for dropping in. There is no clash between being proud of your achievements and excited about the opportunities before you and showing humility before friends and in the face of our beautiful planet. Every good American Thanksgiving dinner contains a blend of those properties. Glad we both think that Thanksgiving is a good idea. No, a great idea!

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By: Vladimir

Vladimir — Fri, 27 Nov 2009 02:19:30 +0000

Very possible that there almost as many Thanksgiving interpretations as there are people (religious one, Indian’s point of view and so forth). Your humble version is a good one. Since I am originally from the USSR then I have no authority in defining any American holyday. So, all I can offer is my private opinion. My idea of Thanksgiving Day is just an opposite- it’s a celebration of pride in my hard work that brings its fruits, it’s an arrogant and overconfident self-congratulation- I thank myself for working so hard that in all 4 countries I lived in I was able to provide my family, my relatives and even my friends with a lot of things the appreciate: stability, prosperity, good quality of life, mutual love and care and good chances of a happy future too (though no one can be certain about the future:-)
However, it’s not only me-it’s my family support and the benefits of a land of oppurtunities- of America. I recognise a special role of America in the world, the real grounds for the American exceptionalism: it’s a beacon of freedom, it’s still yet the freest country in the world (despite all the efforts of the totalitarian Red President), it is the land of opportunities. If someone is a loser in America- they have only themselves to blame (of course, there’s very small %% of really unfortunate ones but majority of those who claim to be unfortunate ones are just lazy losers). So, I thank America for letting me work as hard as I like and for letting me keep bigger part of the fruits of my hard labour.

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