Happy Thanksgiving

[Anti 1307]

 

Happy Thanksgiving everyone

 

Despite being more of an American holiday, doesn't mean that there aren't things to be thankful and appreciated about

 

Although I'm not having Thanksgiving dinner this year, am (As usually) thankful for plethora of things

 

Be it those that put up with me, or the fact that I didn't turn out as many doctors deemed I would when I was younger

 

Feel free to post all that you're thankful for or appreciate 

 

Once more, Happy Thanksgiving :P

[siikdude 240]

Happy thanksgiving!

[Phelix 133]

happy thanksgiving for whom who celebrate it! :)

[BuRn!/< 14]

I don't celebrate Thanksgiving, but i wish you a nice and happy day! :) Enjoy the turkey lolol

[Tinman 427]

Happy thanksgiving to those whom it means something :D

 

 

Feel free to post all that you're thankful for or appreciate 

 

So I guess no one above me is thankful for anything? :troll:

 

Personally, considering the economic and social problem surrounding poverty, corruption and (evil) historical legacies present in my country... I am HUGELY thankful for me being somewhat shielded from what goes on in the "townships" or in Afrikaans "Plakkerskampe" <- sounds so much more meaningful right? :P

 

I know that if someone is killed in, most 1st world countries, that it'd be a huge upset and a full on investigation would take place (Mike Brown + Ferguson example) Over here, which I'm sure is no news to you or maybe something you don't know, is if someone is killed/murdered... not a single fuck is given. Want to know why? An average of 100 innocent people are murdered in cold-blood EVERY day. Not to mention the horrific rape, abuse and all that goes on in the not-so-terrific areas.

 

PLEASE, do not get me wrong, I completely understand that we in SA are by far not the worst off with these concerns, but I for one... am eternally grateful to be apart of the small percentage of people, that are not effected by such. I've certainly learnt, to appreciate the small things in this thing we call "life". In some places, it'd be more suitably called "death".

 

 

Sorry for going off a bit there, tried to stay on topic as much as possible but as soon as my passion for ridding my country of any misconceptions concerning it and its people... there's no telling what I'll say. Hope everyone enjoyed their day and thought about the small things they normally take for granted. 

 

​oh, and I've never had Turkey before :okay:

[Frosty 118]

I am thankful of this 12 hour shift on this Thanks Giving day :p

[jwofles 1009]

The spacing is real   :horror:

 

 

Happy thanksgiving guys! (am I doing it right?)

 

 

 

I'm thankful for Sentrex ;*

[BosnianArmy 517]

I don't celebrate it either, but happy thanksgiving to you guys :)
 
Btw those who do celebrate it, read this :>
 

Prayers of thanks and special thanksgiving ceremonies are common among almost all religions after harvests and at other times. The Thanksgiving holiday's history in North America is rooted in English traditions dating from the Protestant Reformation. It also has aspects of a harvest festival, even though the harvest in New England occurs well before the late-November date on which the modern Thanksgiving holiday is celebrated.

 

In the English tradition, days of thanksgiving and special thanksgiving religious services became important during the English Reformation in the reign of Henry VIII and in reaction to the large number of religious holidays on the Catholic calendar. Before 1536 there were 95 Church holidays, plus 52 Sundays, when people were required to attend church and forego work and sometimes pay for expensive celebrations. The 1536 reforms reduced the number of Church holidays to 27, but some Puritans wished to completely eliminate all Church holidays, including Christmas and Easter. The holidays were to be replaced by specially called Days of Fasting or Days of Thanksgiving, in response to events that the Puritans viewed as acts of special providence. Unexpected disasters or threats of judgement from on high called for Days of Fasting. Special blessings, viewed as coming from God, called for Days of Thanksgiving. For example, Days of Fasting were called on account of drought in 1611, floods in 1613, and plagues in 1604 and 1622. Days of Thanksgiving were called following the victory over the Spanish Armada in 1588 and following the deliverance of Queen Anne in 1705. An unusual annual Day of Thanksgiving began in 1606 following the failure of the Gunpowder Plot in 1605 and developed into Guy Fawkes Day.

 

Copy and paste from Wikipedia ftw

[Conker 169]

happy thanksgiving, i won't be celebrating it this year though