{"id":28414,"date":"2019-11-12T09:43:43","date_gmt":"2019-11-12T16:43:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mymerrychristmas.com\/?p=28414"},"modified":"2019-11-12T09:45:28","modified_gmt":"2019-11-12T16:45:28","slug":"problematic-thanksgiving","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mymerrychristmas.com\/x\/problematic-thanksgiving\/","title":{"rendered":"Thanksgiving? Not a Problem"},"content":{"rendered":"

The media is making a firestorm out of a new holiday outrage some are calling The War on Thanksgiving<\/em><\/a><\/strong>. Silly as it all seems the rhetoric of politics never has a down season. There are several polarizing modern talking points about Thanksgiving<\/a><\/strong> this year:<\/p>\n

\u2022 PETA doesn\u2019t want you eating animals for Thanksgiving…because they are sexually assaulted<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n

\u2022 Your carbon footprint matters. The food of Thanksgiving<\/a> isn\u2019t the problem. Travel for Thanksgiving is.<\/a>
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\n\u2022 Thanksgiving is best celebrated in St. Paul, Minnesota<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n

\u2022 Thanksgiving<\/a> is a \u201cfood holiday\u201d with a \u201cproblematic\u201d<\/a><\/strong> history<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n

\u2022 Stores being closed on Thanksgiving<\/a><\/strong> is something of a moral badge of honor. Too bad that\u2019s all a lie.<\/p>\n

\u2022 How to talk politics around the Thanksgiving table<\/a>
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\n\u2022 The Charlie Brown Thanksgiving<\/a><\/strong> of Plymouth Rock\u2026never happened, evidently, and…oh yeah, it’s racist<\/a>
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\n\u2022 Pringles released a limited line of Thanksgiving themed\u2026potato chips<\/a><\/strong>. They are selling for $150 a can on eBay.<\/p>\n

\u2022 Don\u2019t celebrate Thanksgiving<\/a>, embrace Friendsgiving<\/a><\/strong> instead.<\/p>\n

Clearly, as a society, we\u2019re dealing with a lot of stuff(ing) when it comes to Thanksgiving<\/a>.<\/p>\n

How in the world did we ever get here and what do you do about all this noise about Thanksgiving<\/a>?<\/p>\n

Relax. This is nothing new.<\/p>\n

After all, Stan Freberg recognized it in 1961 when he produced \u201cTake an Indian to Lunch\u201d:<\/p>\n

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