Did you celebrate Thanksgiving ?

Question

Hello world. How are you guys doing today? I am so
full, it is not even funny. Can't even imagine eating any
more turkey than what I have been. And of course as
you all know, I had my infamous, coveted, Georgia pecan
pie. By the Edwards company. But anyway, was
wondering if all of my religious friends, and atheists, had
a great Thanksgiving. And of so, what did you eat, or
do ? And what are you thankful for ? Best answer wins. *

Hey Miller, and Agnostic Front. You
men should have each other over
for Thanksgiving, like the pilgrims
and the Native Americans did. LOL *

Answer 1

I gave thanks that we got rid of the pilgrims.... having the net effect of making the USA more right-wing christian bible-belt nutter, and decreasing the effect on the UK by a similar amount.
Like the infamous butterfly effect this has multiplied over the centuries so that In the modern UK we can watch a bare nipple on a TV program, without going apoplectic.
Cheers

Answer 2

Yes, my kids and I celebrated Thanksgiving with my ex-husband (their father). And here's the best part of all: I didn't have to cook AT ALL! (I know ... I'm the luckiest woman on earth, LOL.) My ex is a professional sushi chef who can cook in his sleep and he's training our kids in the culinary arts (I'm an idiot in the kitchen, so I was banished to the other room during the process. Woo hoo!)

We had a 15 # turkey; baby back pork ribs; five different kinds of sushi; some kind of vegetabally thing that I have no idea what it was, but it was very good; and all the other usual things.

The bad news:

1) I had to clean up and we don't have a dishwasher. : (
2) I think I gained back the weight I lost over the past month because I haven't been eating very well, which is a total bummer.

Answer 3

I sort of celebrated it. Here's how: I tried to ignore the fact that it was Thanksgiving day and yet when i got up the first thing I wanted to do was make breakfast (eggs, bacon, toast) for me and my bf. It was very enjoyable and i put my heart and soul into that. After that we went to the beach. We live on the gulf coast of FL and the water was heavenly. We got so burnt it wasn't funny because we both fell asleep. After that we came home and lounged for a while. i went off to an NA meeting at like 7:30 and listening to others share about their Thanksgiving Day, I started thinking to myself and started feeling sad, like I hadn't really celebrated it. And of course i had to analyze. What does Thanksgiving mean to me? Well... to answer that, I would say being grateful that we have a country that we can live in that has a lot of luxuries and freedoms. We don't get treated harshly here in the US and I myself take that for granted. So, when i got home i told Gary about my sadness and said I wanted a turkey dinner with all the trimmings. We went to Perkins at like 9PM which was just down the street from us and we had delicious turkey meals. The End

Answer 4

Sounds delicious, I made pecan pie, probably not as well, but I tried.
We had a huge meal, we celebrate because it's an american holiday.
I was thankful for my freedom of speach, no matter how limited.
The ability to discuss religion with wonderful people.
The fact that I have a loving God who came to save me (JESUS) from my sins and pay a debt that I owed that I could not pay...
And of course the food...

My mother was looking into the "first thanksgiving" and wondered if it might have some religious connotations, the pilgrims were here for religious freedom, to practice their religion without persecution, so why would they leave God out?
She thought, because it was a weeklong feast, that it might have had something to do with a religious feast, say a tabernacles or something.

Just a thought,

Hope your thanksgiving was wonderful.

Jessica

Answer 5

On Thanksgiving I had a cup of 2% Fage yogurt mixed with 1/2 cup of oatmeal. For lunch I had an egg white omelet. For dinner I had a small plate of turkey and stuffing with some gravy and I had some jalapeno flavored pretzels for a snack.

I am thankful for my life.

Answer 6

I had a wonderful celebration with my friends and family. I'm not much of a turkey fan, but the mashed potatoes and pumpkin pie were delicious!
I'm thankful for my health, my friends and loving family, all of the beautiful blessings that I receive each and every day from the random occurances of the universe, my freedom to choose atheism, and pumpkin pie! Oh, and Black Friday deals at Best Buy. 60" TV, Baby! =)

Answer 7

I spent Thanksgiving at my boyfriend's parent's with a bunch of his obscure relatives. His mom makes a hideously mushy apple pie. I missed my family. (I'm all the way across the country from them). I was Thankful when we got to go home and I could wash the cigarette stink out of my hair.

Answer 8

You mean besides my tire blowing out at 6am and having to get it fixed so early in the morning spending a good 3 hours waiting at the place 4 hours if you count the wait for the toe truck? And besides 3 of my family members going AWOL the entire day and then coming back after we already finished eating? And besides having to eat with them again in spite of having a stomach that felt like it was about to erupt? And besides my brother punching me in the stomach and almost making me puke my guts out all over him? And despite it raining and it being so very cold which I got to experience that earlier in the morning when my tire blew out?

Well, besides all that my holiday was great! *Honorary Thumbs Up!* 8^D
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Answer 9

my I remind our american friend that thanksgiving is an american tradition and so celebrated by only 5% of the world. The other 95% have there own traditional holidays and celebrations.

Answer 10

I'm from the UK and we dont celebrate Thanksgiving so i did nothing =]
I really like the idea of it though..