{"id":601,"date":"2010-11-25T12:10:16","date_gmt":"2010-11-25T17:10:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/awgentry.com\/?p=601"},"modified":"2013-04-29T22:58:03","modified_gmt":"2013-04-30T02:58:03","slug":"giving-thanks-on-turkey-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/awgentry.com\/weblog\/giving-thanks-on-turkey-day\/","title":{"rendered":"Giving Thanks on Turkey Day"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"zemanta-img zemanta-action-dragged\">\n<div style=\"width: 114px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"http:\/\/commons.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/File:Turkey_clip_art.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"  \" title=\"A Turkey.\" src=\"http:\/\/upload.wikimedia.org\/wikipedia\/commons\/thumb\/b\/bd\/Turkey_clip_art.png\/300px-Turkey_clip_art.png\" alt=\"A Turkey.\" width=\"108\" height=\"155\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Image via Wikipedia<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Ah, Thanksgiving! You get a day off of work, stuff yourself to the gills on feasts of turkey and pumpkin pie, get  together with friends and family for a party, and watch football games  and parades on TV. What a great way to celebrate!<\/p>\n<p>Celebrate what? What&#8217;s the reason for all this festivity?<strong> What&#8217;s &#8220;Thanksgiving&#8221; truly mean<\/strong>, anyway? Who do we thank, and what for?<\/p>\n<div class=\"zemanta-img zemanta-action-dragged\">\n<div style=\"width: 186px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"http:\/\/commons.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/File:Thanksgiving-Brownscombe.PNG\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/upload.wikimedia.org\/wikipedia\/commons\/thumb\/e\/e2\/Thanksgiving-Brownscombe.PNG\/300px-Thanksgiving-Brownscombe.PNG\" alt=\"\" width=\"180\" height=\"119\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Image via Wikipedia<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Everybody knows about the &#8220;first Thanksgiving&#8221;, Pilgrims, Indians, feasting, and all that. While there are a <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Thanksgiving\">variety of &#8220;Thanksgiving&#8221; celebrations<\/a> in various lands and debates on <a href=\"http:\/\/www.oyate.org\/resources\/shortthanks.html\">exactly what happened<\/a> on the most famous one in the US, the principle still stands: <strong>We should give thanks to God for what He&#8217;s given us<\/strong>, whether it&#8217;s food on the table, safe travels, a great family, talents, success, or other blessings.<\/p>\n<p>While many of us do this on at least a daily basis (ever heard Grandpa say &#8220;let&#8217;s give thanks&#8221; before a prayer?), this day is a particularly good reminder for how we have much to be thankful for. Take a moment today to thank the One who has given you everything, including your very body and soul. Happy Thanksgiving.<\/p>\n<div id=\"_mcePaste\" style=\"position: absolute; left: -10000px; top: 0px; width: 1px; height: 1px; overflow: hidden;\">the traditional origin of modern Thanksgiving in the United States is  generally regarded to be the celebration that occurred at the site of <a title=\"Plymouth Colony\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Plymouth_Colony\">Plymouth Plantation<\/a>, in <a title=\"Massachusetts\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Massachusetts\">Massachusetts<\/a>, in 1621. The <a class=\"mw-redirect\" title=\"Wampanoag\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Wampanoag\">Wampanoag<\/a> Native Americans helped the pilgrims who arrived in Massachusetts  cultivate the land and fish, saving them from starvation. This harvest  celebration occurred early in the history of what would become one of  the original <a title=\"Thirteen Colonies\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Thirteen_Colonies\">Thirteen Colonies<\/a> that later were to become the United States. This Thanksgiving was  modeled after harvest festivals that were commonplace in Europe at the  time.<\/div>\n<div class=\"zemanta-pixie\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"zemanta-pixie-img\" src=\"http:\/\/img.zemanta.com\/pixy.gif?x-id=ebf5021c-9126-4128-bca8-279ab425bda1\" alt=\"\" \/><span class=\"zem-script more-related pretty-attribution\"><script src=\"http:\/\/static.zemanta.com\/readside\/loader.js\" type=\"text\/javascript\"><\/script><\/span><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ah, Thanksgiving! You get a day off of work, stuff yourself to the gills on feasts of turkey and pumpkin pie, get together with friends and family for a party, and watch football games and parades on TV. What a great way to celebrate! Celebrate what? What&#8217;s the reason for all this festivity? What&#8217;s &#8220;Thanksgiving&#8221;&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-601","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-other"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/awgentry.com\/weblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/601","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/awgentry.com\/weblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/awgentry.com\/weblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/awgentry.com\/weblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/awgentry.com\/weblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=601"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"http:\/\/awgentry.com\/weblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/601\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":997,"href":"http:\/\/awgentry.com\/weblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/601\/revisions\/997"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/awgentry.com\/weblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=601"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/awgentry.com\/weblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=601"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/awgentry.com\/weblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=601"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}