The True Story of Thanksgiving
24th November 2016
‘Thanksgiving’ isn’t some special thing that the Pilgrims came up with, but rather the traditional English harvest festival of Martinmas. The Pilgrims wouldn’t have called it that, of course, because they regarded saints (and their holy days) a Papistical Supersition. But they would have been familiar with the festival.
Martinmas is traditionally held on November 11, but the Pilgrims of the time used the Julian calendar, which by 2016 is 13 days off from the Gregorian calendar that we all use.
November 11 plus 13 days equals what? C’mon, let’s not always see the same hands….
EXTRA CREDIT: Manly Ways to Prepare Turkey