Since then, the holiday has become more of a sham than it was when it was first established.
We no longer have harvests to be thankful for. Americans, for the most part, don’t eat food on Thanksgiving. They eat manufactured and processed food which is food-like but not actually food. (Some Americans may eat organic food; organic food is artificially treated and injected with antibiotics or pharmaceuticals and is still artificial or manufactured.)
We no longer thank God for choosing us over the Native Americans. We now are embroiled in a battle of good versus evil with Islamic extremists and so our attention has shifted. We now thank God for victories in the “war on terror.”
Thanksgiving is now a holiday that involves NFL football, a Macy’s parade, the pardoning of turkeys by the president, and a day off of work for family and friends.
The day off of work for family and friends is always worthwhile, but isn’t it a shame that we have to come together around such a farcical holiday?
Then again, I don’t know what I would replace Thanksgiving with. There isn’t much fodder out there for the creation of new holidays that would be free of fantasy.
And as I said, this year it’s especially worse because the illusions of Thanksgiving have been compounded by the election of Barack Obama.
The USA Today Editorial Board wrote this:
“Unemployment is rising, 401(k)s are shrinking and the global economy is sinking. Hardly an obvious time to be thankful. Or is it? Not to be too Pollyannaish about the current state of affairs, but America does remain the most prosperous country on earth, with a standard of living that's the envy of most of the planet's 6.7 billion people. There is plenty to be grateful for, and not just the basic joys-without-a-price-tag such as time spent with family and walks in the countryside. Here are half a dozen reasons to be thankful, despite — and, in some cases, because of — perilous economic times…”
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