Lilah ,'Conviction (1)'
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
Any Canadians around? I'd love to know if it's different there. Most of my friends presented a dislike of Thanksgiving, but that might have been University posturing. Not that July 2nd seemed a big deal, but we weren't in session then, so I don't have as much data.
If I weren't planning on coming home for Thanksgiving, it would require a phone call to say so. If I were planning on coming home for the 4th, it would require a phone call to say so
I like that explanation. It's very simple.
A lot of USians dislike going home for Thanksgiving, but still go.
Is Thanksgiving a completely Christian holiday? I mean, Christians certainly celebrate it, but for some reason it's always struck me as far more secularizable than Christmas. Or maybe that's true just in my head....
Is Thanksgiving a completely Christian holiday? I mean, Christians certainly celebrate it, but for some reason it's always struck me as far more secularizable than Christmas. Or maybe that's true just in my head....
I think it's very secular.
Edited to add: I've never considered it especially religious in any way.
No one is saying it's Christian, though.
It's not a Christian holiday, although theoretically you are thanking God for whatever. I got confused with all the words in my head trying to get out.
The BF, who is Jewish, has issues with Christmas, but his whole family does Thansgiving. I have never known a Jewish person who didn't celebrate it. Two of the peopke I had T-giving with this year were Buddhist, if that adds to the confusion.
Edited to add: I've never considered it especially religious in any way.
Well, at least in our church, Thanksgiving was a time to give thanks to God, so a somewhat-big deal was made of it.
I thought this:
I've got to say, I think it's annoying that the two big Christian American family holidays are so close together. I just saw all those people!!
was saying Thanksgiving was Christian. Then I missread Jesse's followup.
Well, at least in our church, Thanksgiving was a time to give thanks to God, so a somewhat-big deal was made of it.
Individual cases may vary, of course. My family didn't go to church and we've always made a huge deal out of Thanksgiving. I don't know whom we were supposed to be thanking but we were thankful, just the same.