Istijlál (Majesty), 5 Qawl (Speech), 165 B.E. – Thursday, November 27, 2008 about 8:05 AM Pacific Time
The first Thanksgiving celebrated in 1621 was a meal shared by Plymouth colonist and Wampanoag Indians. The meats at the First Thanksgiving Feast consisted of wild fowl and venison, the turkey didn't become a Thanksgiving staple until much later in American history. Another thing the Plymouth colonist didn't have was pies or other sweets. For more information about the First Thanksgiving, see The History of Thanksgiving.
We may not have the same same foods, which the Plymouth colonist and Wampanoag Indians had, yet one thing hasn't changed. This is a day for giving thanks and expressing gratitude. Thanksgiving is a form of Harvest Festival and harvest festivals are for expressing gratitude. True the modern Thanksgiving is sometimes called "Turkey Day", but it is still a time to give thanks and express gratitude. This is especially important if we haven't expressed gratitude the rest of the year.
So today say "Thank You" to someone in your life or make a list of the things you were grateful for in the past year. If you can't find anything else to be thankful for, be thankful for what you've avoided in the past 12 months.
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