2007-11-20 15:50:12 · 26 answers · asked by *~Ariel Brigalow Moondust~* 6 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Yes, I do. Mainly because it is a national holiday and fun to eat turkey and ham. You don't have to pray to the Christian god I give thanks to the Lord and Lady.
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2007-11-20 16:39:26 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 4⤊ 0⤋
Thanksgiving is a National holiday in the USA. Not a religious one. So I don't see anything wrong with Pagans celebrating it.
2007-11-20 23:57:43 · answer #2 · answered by Abriel 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The statistic is something like around 90% of Americans celebrate by eating turkey on Thanksgiving. I'm sure some of them are pagans.
2007-11-20 23:55:39 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
Some don't - a number of people take the view that some Native Americans do, and view it as a holiday celebrating ethnocentrism.
But for the most part, most Pagans seem to.
2007-11-20 23:57:35 · answer #4 · answered by ArcadianStormcrow 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
the organized groups around here don't, but everybody acknowledges it. it's a family holiday for us. i suppose some of the covens have feasts, but there's no public pagan events around thanksgiving. plus, between samhain and yule, it's just too much to do anything community-wise for thanksgiving.
2007-11-21 01:32:15 · answer #5 · answered by bad tim 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Wow, you're like the 300th person to ask this question in the past 5 minutes!
Thanksgiving is NOT a Christian holiday...It's an American Holiday on the second to last Thursday of November, and a Canadian Holiday around the 12th of October.
Anyone who's thankful for what they have is a good person, regardless of their religious affiliation.
2007-11-20 23:53:58 · answer #6 · answered by Brit 2 · 8⤊ 1⤋
I do not as such. However, in modern Asatru, there is a fest honoring the smith Volund (Weylund) which is celebrated on the same day as thanksgiving. I have found no real information as to WHY this is done in that way, however.
2007-11-21 00:22:04 · answer #7 · answered by kveldulf_gondlir 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Of course.
Thanksgiving is an American holiday with historical, NOT religious, roots. It's also an echo of the harvest celebrations that have been held in every culture since the dawn of agriculture.
2007-11-21 00:01:47 · answer #8 · answered by Boar's Heart 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I don't. Not because I'm Pagan, but Robert's at work, Joshua usually in the hospital, Mom's dead, my family and I have dis owned one another, so I will be here, by myself, AVOIDING football! It's okay, I don't really like turkey.
)o( Blessed Be!
2007-11-21 00:59:34 · answer #9 · answered by whillow95 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Thanksgiving is not a religious holiday.
2007-11-20 23:56:27 · answer #10 · answered by 1901pink 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Holy guacamole, Thanksgiving isn't religious, it's an AMERICAN holiday. Unless you want to say pagans and atheists aren't American, but then you've got another battle on your hands.
2007-11-20 23:54:17 · answer #11 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 1⤋