So what are huddlers doing for Thanksgiving?

[Happy Panther]

[PhillyB]

cooking with the kid and watching football, same as every year 

[Ja Rhule]

Family is in town.  11 people total.  Per Cooper order one of us will have to sit outside by him/herself.

[R0CKnR0LLA]

 

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The most famous of genocides that was turned into a family-friendly holiday is obviously Thanksgiving. The day that we reserve for stuffing ourselves with our family around a lush tablesetting is a day that grew out of a truly horrific event in American history.

In 1637, after discovering the dead body of a white man, settlers armed themselves and set a Pequot village on fire. Anyone that managed to escape, including children, was systematically hunted down and killed. The name "Thanksgiving" allegedly comes from a speech that the governor of Bay Colony gave afterwards, referring to the day as: "A day of thanksgiving. Thanking God that [the settlers] had eliminated over 700 men, women, and children."

[R0CKnR0LLA]

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“Thanksgiving Day” was first proclaimed by the Governor of the then Massachusetts Bay Colony in 1637 to commemorate the massacre of 700 men, women and children who were celebrating their annual Green Corn Dance…Thanksgiving Day to the, “in their own house”, Newell stated.

“Gathered in this place of meeting, they were attacked by mercenaries and English and Dutch. The Indians were ordered from the building and as they came forth were shot down, The rest were burned alive in the building—–The very next day the governor declared a Thanksgiving Day…..For the next 100 years, every Thanksgiving Day ordained by a Governor was in honor of the bloody victory, thanking God that the battle had been won.”

[R0CKnR0LLA]

The Thanksgiving Day Celebration Originated From a Massacre

In 1621, though Pilgrims celebrated a feast, it was not repeated in the years to follow. In 1636, a murdered white man was found in his boat and the Pequot were blamed. In retaliation, settlers burned Pequot villages.

Additionally, English Major John Mason rallied his troops to further burn Pequot wigwams and then attacked and killed hundreds more men, women and children. According to Mason’s reports of the massacre, “We must burn them! Such a dreadful terror let the Almighty fall upon their spirits that they would flee from us and run into the very flames. Thus did the Lord judge the heathen, filling the place with dead bodies.”

The Governor of Plymouth William Bradford wrote: “Those that escaped the fire were slain with the sword; some hewed to pieces, others run through with their rapiers, so that they were quickly dispatched and very few escaped. It was conceived they thus destroyed about 400 at this time. It was a fearful sight to see them thus frying in the fire…horrible was the stink and scent thereof, but the victory seemed a sweet sacrifice, and they gave the prayers thereof to God, who had wrought so wonderfully for them.”

The day after the massacre, William Bradford wrote that "from that day forth shall be a day of celebration and thanks giving for subduing the Pequots" and “For the next 100 years, every Thanksgiving Day ordained by a Governor was in honor of the bloody victory, thanking God that the battle had been won.”

[R0CKnR0LLA]

which style of cranberry sauce goes best with "some dude got killed so american settlers murdered an entire village including women and children"

[Ja Rhule]

[Brooklyn 3.0]

Might fly to CLT to see family but our 2 yr old can't keep a mask on so it's not looking likely.

[Happy Panther]

We are ordering pick up from Davidson Ice House. The chef was on  Food Network’s Ultimate Thanksgiving Challenge. She didn't win though so how good can it be?

[Ja Rhule]

I usually buy smoked turkeys from Greenberg but their entire facility went up in flames 2 weeks ago.

[Davidson Deac II]

Having thanksgiving at either my house or my sisters.  Not sure at this point.  

[Captroop]

I'll be in the middle of moving to our new house. So probably painting. If we have time, I think we'll go to the wife's family for dinner for a Russian style thanksgiving. Not sure about turkey; it will probably be meat pie, olivier salad and fish.

[Inimicus]

Just me and the wife.  Its the only meal we cook together each year.  No friends or family this year.

We will do the full spread but on a much smaller scale.