4 浏览turkeydinners,cranberries,candiedyams,stuffing,mashedpotatoes,pumpkinpieandfamilygatherings?theseareallcommonlyassociatedwithmostamericans'andcanadians'yearlycelebrationofgivingthanks?thanksgivingday!
intheunitedstates,thanksgivingisonthefourththursdayofnovember.incanada,itisthesecondmondayinoctober.onthisholiday,athanksgivingmealispparedwithallthetrimmings;familiesgathertogetherandtalk,whileotherswatchagameoraparadefilledwithpilgrims,indiansandothercolonialfigures.somefamiliesmayevenh***etheirownyearlythanksgivingtraditions.
whatcomestomindwhenyouthinkofthanksgiving?doyoupictureatimeofthankfulnesstowardsgod?orisitmerelyoneofeating,partyingorwatchingfootball?
sadly,thelatteriswhatthanksgivinghasbecometomost.theyh***eforgottenwhythedaywasestablished.itsmeaninghasslowlydeteriorated,andisnowalmostcompletelylostunderacloudofmediahype,salespitches,marketingtacticsandblitzcommercialism.
whilemanyarefamiliarwiththetraditionalrepsentationoftheoriginalthanksgiving,itishelpfultoexaminethepurposeforwhichitwasfirstcelebrated.bydoingthis,theday'smeaningwillbefirmlyestablished.