Nobody asked me, but … (#41)
November 26th, 2008 Al KalterIt’s a short week here at APPX Software, and at most businesses in the US, as we take Thursday off to fill our faces with food, family, and football, and then stay home on Friday to recover. There may be no more authentic American holiday than Thanksgiving. It’s one that wasn’t invented by a greeting card company, although you can certainly buy Happy Thanksgiving cards at your local store. It doesn’t have a religious basis to it, although expressing one’s gratitude is certainly a significant tenet of most religions. And it does not recognize an individual, or a group of individuals (presidents, veterans) as other holidays do. We may attribute its origin to the Pilgrims, but it truly has become all about family. Except, perhaps, for the turkeys.