This week is Thanksgiving. If you do not live in the United States than it may not be a holiday you generally celebrate given that Thanksgiving is an American Holiday. Thanksgiving celebrates the Pilgrims who sailed to the Americas in the early 17th century and had a feast with the occupying native Americans. It is a holiday celebrating all that we are thankful for and is also a time when family gathers around one table to eat a variety of food with the center piece being a freshly cooked turkey.
Now the food can vary but the message stays the same. Love of Family and if you are religious, Love of God(s). Thanksgiving is a bigger holiday for some and a less important holiday for others. For a lot of American kids the importance of Thanksgiving is that they get three days off from school. The day before, the day of, and the day after Thanksgiving. Thanksgiving is always the fourth Thursday of November so that means a two day week for school children. However days off from school for some is not the important thing for most about Thanksgiving. It is sitting down for a meal with friends and family and being thankful for one another.
Even though traditionally Thanksgiving has been a traditionally American holiday, you do not need to be an American to be thankful for what you have. This Thursday, take time from your day and be thankful for everything you have in your life. Be thankful for friends, family, and your own uniqueness and individuality. Also be thankful for food, a substance we may take for granted but many in the world don't have. Be thankful for who you are, we all have a purpose. Life is just discovering that purpose.
This is the TopHatMan signing off for the week.
Happy Thanksgiving
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