The country, and soon the world, is under an obesity crisis. Isn't it time we disband or at least discourage this festival of overeating and regret?
2006-11-22 15:23:49 · 12 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Holidays ➔ Thanksgiving
I don't regret a damn thing. If you hate Thanksgiving so damn much don't freaking celebrate it. Donate your food to people who can't afford it instead of whining about how fat you're going to get.
I'm going to celebrate with my family, I'm going to have my turkey and potato stuffing and my apple pie and you health freaks can shove your complaints where the sun don't shine.
2006-11-23 04:57:15 · answer #1 · answered by Jennifer Strong 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Some native Americans think of Thanksgiving as a sort of mourning for their ancestors but each aknowledges the building of relationships between the natives and the pilgrams. We also take this time to think about what we are grateful to have and these purposes are reason enough to me and a lot of other people. The fact that there is alot of food sweetens the pot.
2006-11-22 15:40:20 · answer #2 · answered by paris 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Some people are obsessed with obesity. A couple of rich meals a year are not going to make a difference. Lighten up and enjoy a good fattening Thanksgiving meal!!!
2006-11-22 15:32:19 · answer #3 · answered by country nana 3 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Are you KIDDING?? This is one of the few days in the year when I am eating turnips, brussel sprouts and other veggies with my turkey and potatoes! It's not as if we're celebrating at a fast food drive- through! Besides, it's a great thing to have a holiday to REMIND ourselves to find something to be thankful for, rather than to continue b!tching like usual about things or to long for sh!t we don't have because we want it but do NOT it need in our lives. So be THANKFUL for what you have and remember it could always be WORSE. Eat up!
2006-11-22 16:07:22 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
Thanksgiving is the celebration of the family wich originated when the pilgrims and the native americans came togeather in feast and became friends
2006-11-22 15:32:28 · answer #5 · answered by jimmy b 1 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Overeating one home made meal of turkey and fresh vegetables has WAY less impact on the national waistline than two visits to a fast food joint!
2006-11-22 15:25:45 · answer #6 · answered by Clarkie 6 · 3⤊ 0⤋
to celebrate the peace that America has had with the INdians since the first Pilgrams shared foods with the Natives. The peace and tradition contineued to this day.
2006-11-22 15:25:59 · answer #7 · answered by hellokid 1 · 0⤊ 1⤋
The purpose of it is to celebrate the first meal between the Pilgrims and the Natives. Be proud of it and I hate how everything is being tied into obesity........schools.....restaurants....tv.....society...politics......
2006-11-22 15:27:49 · answer #8 · answered by lexi 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Thanks giving is to give thanks for the things we have. It was started by the pilgrims as a celebration of making it through their first winter and celebrating the first crop that the native americans taught them to grow. We just carry on that tradition giving thanks for the simple things in life. what is wrong with having a feast at Thanksgiving and Christmas? Huh? Huh? Huh?
2006-11-22 15:42:51 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 1⤋
The purpose of Thanksgiving is to have a day where instead of griping about everything and seeing the negative, you give thanks and count your blessings and come together with friends and family.
2006-11-22 15:33:13 · answer #10 · answered by Jennifer 4 · 1⤊ 1⤋