The Truth About Thanksgiving
21st November 2017
Thanksgiving wasn’t invented in America, nor was it invented by The Pilgrims.
The feast of Martinmas, traditionally celebrated on November 11, was when winter wheat seed was in the ground, and all the cattle except breeding stock were killed and salted down for the winter ahead. The Pilgrims didn’t call it Martinmas, of course — Popish superstition! — but they celebrated it nevertheless.
During the early 16oos England wasn’t still on the Julian calendar, which differed from our current Gregorian calendar by a number of day. That difference is, at present, 13 days.
Add 13 to November 11 and see what you get.