On Fri, 2005-25-11 at 02:52 -0800, Michael A. Peters wrote:
On Fri, 2005-11-25 at 16:47 +1000, david walcroft wrote:
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> Must be biiiggggg business - turkeys
It is in the U.S. - other than the 4th of July - it is the most
important country specific holiday we have, and it celebrates an event
that precedes our independence.
It is also far more of a family holiday than any other save Christmas.
Of course it is kind of sad - the story goes that the Pilgrims would not
have made it through the winter had it not been for the American Indians
- whom we then proceeded to do terrible things to, wiping some peaceful
(and non peaceful) tribes out completely - and virtually destroying
those we didn't wipe out.
And on that note: It wasn't a very good day for
the Turkeys either,
after all they were the ones getting eaten.