Do you observe Thanksgiving?

[The Firebird]

I think this is a regional thing. There are parts of the US where saying a bad word about Thanksgiving will get a teacher a very stern conversation with school administrators and possibly a full-fledged freakout by school board members.

It could be. I think its as much generational. My hometown was both rural and not on the bleeding edge of cultural awareness in that way. But Lies My Teacher Told Me came out before I was born and was pretty well incorporated into the curriculum by the time I encountered it.

 

[briggart]

Thanksgiving it's not a thing where I'm from. But my birthday is at the end of November, so when I was living in the US I used to have friends over for a mixed birthday/Thanksgiving party.

 

[trappedslider]

For context: We don’t have any illusions about European colonialism- our ancestors include Africans, Choctaw, Taino, Peruvians and others. But- like Christmas- we like to use the holiday to see old friends and bond with family over food. 20-30 guests is typical.

Yours is once place I'd worried about getting banned from due to reading about your cooking skills and the menu

 

[gnarlygninja]

It could be. I think its as much generational. My hometown was both rural and not on the bleeding edge of cultural awareness in that way. But Lies My Teacher Told Me came out before I was born and was pretty well incorporated into the curriculum by the time I encountered it.

My 5th grade teacher was forced to apologize to our class and I think got into serious trouble behind the scenes for saying Christopher Columbus is not viewed very well outside the US, and being critical of Thanksgiving. I don't remember what he said about it but it was very mild. This would have been around 2000.