Unprepared...I appreciate that you view this blog and it would be oh, so... if you would also respond. Tomorrow I will repeat myself differently. I would so much like to learn more about the history of "Thanksgiving" and the alternative Native American holidays that have been advocated for this day.
Tomorrow, that's right, the FRIDAY after "Thanksgiving" is BUY Nothing Day
Please, give the consumption a rest and do something creative instead! Irreme with love
Tomorrow, that's right, the FRIDAY after "Thanksgiving" is BUY Nothing Day
Please, give the consumption a rest and do something creative instead! Irreme with love
posted by irreme seshat at 7:27 PM
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In buying nothing, we still have something to give. And in giving, we have gratitude, even thankfulness. Stripped of its imperialist implications and nationalist delusion, this Thursday without work is still a good time to eat and meet and gather and plot and even pray that the land remembers who its original denizens were.
True, true...I always want to invent....holidays. And I still don't know what some alternative names for this day are, especially those called for by Native Americans. I know there are some because I remember hearing about it on NPR once. Oh, pumpkin hollow gathering!
Thank you, Thomai. I will. It's funny that the one thing i didn't prepare evokes the most re-sponse (ability?).
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