The history of Thanksgiving has devolved from a gathering of Pilgrims in 1621 at Plymouth Rock. Everyone has seen the pastoral image of American Indians coming to a feast with the Pilgrims to celebrate the harvest and the peaceful co-existence that existed at the time. That, of course, was before Henry Hudson swindled the Native Americans out of …
Thanksgiving
Holiday Creep
The complaints begin each year in October about ‘Holiday Creep’ where stores bring out holiday decorations, sales and music earlier and earlier. This year, however, the holidays ARE actually earlier. Due to the Jewish lunar calendar and the timing of Thanksgiving, the first night of Chanukah occurs on Thanksgiving. No one we have spoken to can …
