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Rather than prattle on about the problems with the holiday and the issues surrounding us, perhaps just a time to stop and say thanks. Just like those first puritans spending three days celebrating and partying and thanking God for their blessings. Considering the losses they experienced and the hardships, they still found time for endless thanksgiving. And that's not a bad thought to remember.
For fun, here is an article attempting to delve into the past and figure out just what it is that those immigrants and Indians actually ate on the famous feast. I'm sure it wasn't green bean casserole, which is why we never eat that on Thanksgiving. But I'd like to think among all the venison, a nice plump turkey the way we breed found its way onto the table.
For a reminder, the reasons my wife and I have to be thankful, among many others:
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ReplyDeleteHappy Thanksgiving to you and yours. I'd be curious what lil' critter's favorite Thanksgiving nibble is. Ours like mashed potatoes, rolls and butter (actually anything with butter).
I am thankful for faith and family, health and a happy retirement, and for my liberty in a country still committed (if imperfectly) to the same.
Small quibble: the Scrooby Separatists were not Puritans strictly speaking, although they shared the same Calvinist theology.
Happy Thanksgiving! At this stage I'm betting mashed potatoes and perhaps stuffing will be high on her list of yummies.
DeleteAnd yes, we could argue that the Separatists themselves were merely an offshoot of the larger puritanism, but not Puritans per se. In this case, I'm fine with the general label. Cut from the same cloth and all. A bit like how some Baptists insist they aren't really evangelical, even though by most understandings of evangelical Protestantism, they could easily be put in the category (and most often are).