same to the bunny to easter and santa clause to jesus' birthday.. why do we have so many holidays that don't make sense?
2007-11-15 02:58:11 · 15 answers · asked by Anonymous in Entertainment & Music ➔ Polls & Surveys
Who knows how it all got started??
2007-11-15 03:00:36 · answer #1 · answered by bwmorency 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Actually the tukey DOES make sense .. It is a celebration of the first meal that the native americans helped the pilgrims with.. teaching them to survive the winter.. and turkey was one of the main dishes.. as they are plentiful in the US.
Now, I have issues with the "holiday" as a whole.. but the turkey isn't the reason.
As for the bunny at easter.. that stems from a prechristian celebration for the spring equinox which is the beginning of spring.. it is the time when rabbits (as well as many other critters.. ducks for example) begin birthing after the long winter.. People kept on celebrating it anyway.. so the church decided to incorporate it into their own beliefs..
2007-11-15 11:02:48 · answer #2 · answered by kaijawitch 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
well santa claus has absolutely nothing to do with christmas, i dont know about easter. But turkey is associated with thanksgiving because when the pilgrams first started it it was their most common form of food and as time went on more and more people ate it so now we just call it turkey day
2007-11-15 11:02:46 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
This one actually does make sense, unless you are going to tell me that the story of the Pilgrims and Indians (ahem, Native Americans) didn't really happen either.
They feasted on the food from the land in the New World that was available to them, including corn, venison, and yes, wild turkey (the animal, not the liquor!).
BTW, we may very well have fresh-killed deer meat this year for Thanksgiving as well as greens grown in our own garden--how's that for dining in the true spirit of Thanksgiving?!
2007-11-15 11:02:49 · answer #4 · answered by arklatexrat 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
maybe that's all the Pilgrams could find in the forest and had it for dinner, thus became a tradition.
The bunny, I have no clue, as he doesn't even lay eggs, hence the symbol for renewal of life.
Maybe people were bored long ago and needed some type of imagery for their celebrations??
2007-11-15 11:02:40 · answer #5 · answered by typerchic34 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Turkey is just one of the many foods they ate back then, As to how who knows. Maybe some smart turkey farmer got it started.
2007-11-15 11:04:49 · answer #6 · answered by Flat_out_Bob 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
oh its all a ploy with the economy....people who aren't religous need something to believe in, the same goes for the fact that it gives the world a surreal feeling. Its the only thing that is agreed on worldwide. We all accept the other holidays and they are entitled to their own meanings.
2007-11-15 11:19:07 · answer #7 · answered by loving life!!!!! 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
its the cosmos working it started that tradition hundreds of years ago just so at this time and in this place you woul ask this ? so i could answer it and tell you .........
turkeys are good to eat
bunnies are cute
Santa is the embodiment of whats good generous and right
2007-11-15 11:43:00 · answer #8 · answered by snafu 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It is what the pilgrims and Indians ate at the first Thanksgiving.
2007-11-15 11:01:06 · answer #9 · answered by Libby 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
just imagine if the pilgrims ate a cat..then we would all be eating______uh..never mind L.O.L
2007-11-15 11:14:15 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋