Tuesday, November 22, 2011

Happy Thanksgiving Everyone!

I like Thanksgiving. I like the fact that it hasn't been commercialized. I like the fact that though it is religious in nature, it doesn't belong to a particular belief system. Everyone can celebrate. I like that it isn't a political holiday - although it was officially started as an U.S. holiday in Lincoln's presidency, it celebrates a time of piece between British expatriates and the indigenous people of Massachusetts. Yup. everyone can celebrate.

(And, yes, popcorn is historically a Thanksgiving food. It was the first recorded time that Europeans ever had it.)

I hope you have a special weekend.

2 comments:

Roshanda said...

Beautifully drawn! Love the yellow in it!!

Doug Land. said...

My neighbors are Wampinog, the Native Americans that the Pilgrims met when they got off the boat. Every week when the daughter borrows some random cooking ingredient, I feel like the circle of giving completes itself.