Your holiday is pagan. Yes, pagan! Check out this article if you don't believe me! *g*

Thanks to justjanus for the heads-up. There's also some good stuff about the fact that Christians are not the only ones with a holiday this month, and the Wiccans who are fighting to get their symbol on a grave marker in a military cemetery. It's written by a professor of women's & religious studies at Skidmore, to boot.

ETA: A post from a friend made me realize that this entry might be construed as being anti-Christian, which was not my intent at all. Its point is that people should maybe do a little research before they start crying "foul." :)

Well, here I am at work while most of the country has the day off. Except for the poor souls who work retail, with whom I can totally sympathize, having been there myself. I don't know what kind of person goes shopping at five in the morning the day after Thanksgiving, and I don't want to know. Maybe it's retail burnout, but I don't get the whole buying frenzy for the holidays. I'd much rather give (and get) something useful and personal than something that's just going to add to the clutter.

Alternet has an article up today about the evils of our forefathers, and how Thanksgiving condones genocide. All I have to say is, lighten up! Thanksgiving is about giving thanks for our blessings. It's not about celebrating how the Puritans gave smallpox-infected blankets to the natives. There are much more important things to get angry about than something that happened 400 years ago to people who are not your ancestors. Sure, it was terrible, but for heaven's sake, take a day to celebrate the good things in your life! It won't hurt, I promise.

I'm very much looking forward to the fat turkey sandwich in my lunchbag. It has stuffing & cranberry sauce as well. Yum! It's the best part of t-day, in my opinion. :)