Thongsgiving 2020
Posted: Thu Nov 26, 2020 9:55 am
Happy Thongsgiving
I'm good, but I'm always good not being stuck tethered to family as they jerk off to football in the backgroundshowa58taro wrote:Happy Turkey day HMF. Hopefully being away from family and friends isn’t too taxing for you all.
Probably so it could be a consistent day of the week, rather than moving around during the week, easier to plan for family get-togethers? I'm only guessing though.showa58taro wrote:Why did the US make this a day rather than date holiday? It’s a bit weird, really.
Could be. It’s just quite unusual as a holiday setup. Not a lot of other holidays are like that, although I guess Easter Sunday is like that. But Sunday has done religious significance. Not sure Thursday has a significant meaning to Turkeys.DancesWithWerewolves wrote:Probably so it could be a consistent day of the week, rather than moving around during the week, easier to plan for family get-togethers? I'm only guessing though.showa58taro wrote:Why did the US make this a day rather than date holiday? It’s a bit weird, really.
I was curious enough to look it up. "Thursday was a special day for Puritan colonists in New England, with ministers giving a religious lecture on Thursday afternoons, so that could have contributed to the Thursday Thanksgiving tradition".showa58taro wrote:Could be. It’s just quite unusual as a holiday setup. Not a lot of other holidays are like that, although I guess Easter Sunday is like that. But Sunday has done religious significance. Not sure Thursday has a significant meaning to Turkeys.DancesWithWerewolves wrote:Probably so it could be a consistent day of the week, rather than moving around during the week, easier to plan for family get-togethers? I'm only guessing though.showa58taro wrote:Why did the US make this a day rather than date holiday? It’s a bit weird, really.
Ha! I was clearly wrong, it is religious and significant.Monster wrote:I was curious enough to look it up. "Thursday was a special day for Puritan colonists in New England, with ministers giving a religious lecture on Thursday afternoons, so that could have contributed to the Thursday Thanksgiving tradition".showa58taro wrote:Could be. It’s just quite unusual as a holiday setup. Not a lot of other holidays are like that, although I guess Easter Sunday is like that. But Sunday has done religious significance. Not sure Thursday has a significant meaning to Turkeys.DancesWithWerewolves wrote:Probably so it could be a consistent day of the week, rather than moving around during the week, easier to plan for family get-togethers? I'm only guessing though.showa58taro wrote:Why did the US make this a day rather than date holiday? It’s a bit weird, really.