I mean today is 'Thanksgiving' and everyone keeps asking me what am I doing. And then they get all weird about my choice. As if I must celebrate their way. Blah!

If I wanted turkey, I would make one. My work gave us a turkey dinner/lunch this week... so there I had turkey. LOL

I got the day today off, paid even! That I see as something to be grateful for. LOL

So who says I have to do what they are doing?

I am staying home, playing games, being completely lazy and totally enjoying it! That is what I am doing today, and I am completely happy with that.

There is also another reason I have started to have an issue with this day. It has been coming on for years. I think about it more and more. And I have to say, I agree with them more than I do the general populace.

If you celebrate this day, I am happy for you. I hope you have a great day. I have celebrated it off and on most of my life.

But I am different now. Change happens. Now I give thanks when ever and where ever I am and for whatever when I feel it should be given.

Today's OTHER Holiday.......

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National Day of Mourning (United States protest)

The National Day of Mourning is an annual protest organized since 1970 by American Indians of New England on the fourth Thursday of November, the same day as Thanksgiving in the United States of America. It coincides with an unrelated but similar protest, Unthanksgiving Day, held on the West Coast.

The organizers consider the national holiday of Thanksgiving Day as a reminder of the perceived democide and continued suffering of the Native American peoples. Participants in the National Day of Mourning honor Native ancestors and the struggles of Native peoples to survive today. They want to educate Americans about history. The event was organized in a period of Native American activism and general cultural protests. The protest is organized by the United American Indians of New England (UAINE). Since it was first organized, social changes have resulted in major revisions to the portrayal of United States history, the government's and settlers relations with Native American peoples, and renewed appreciation for Native American culture.


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