A Day of Thanks, Giving, and Turkey

The history behind America’s Thanksgiving is pretty messed up. The first Thanksgiving was historically a religious observation to give thanks to God for helping the pilgrims survive the brutal winter, comprised of a 3 day feast to feed 53 pilgrims and 90 Indians, which was then followed by Indian massacres and decades of war and violence.

I just painted a pretty grim picture huh?

But in today’s day and age, Thanksgiving, above all else, is a time to give thanks and a gathering of friends and family over an incredibly good feast – good enough to be ingrained in our memories to last the year and good enough to make our mouths water at just the thought of Thanksgiving.   Traditionally, the feast is inclusive of a massive turkey, stuffing, mashed potatoes and gravy, cranberry sauce, corn-on-the-cob, pumpkin pie just to name a few of the staples.

But more than the turkey feast, today is a day to be grateful.  I guess we should express our love and gratitude to all of our loved ones on a daily basis, but the truth is that we don’t.  So I think it is a wonderful thing to have a holiday like Thanksgiving to get us into gear and remind us to take the time to reflect on the wonderful people in our lives and express thanks.

So to all of LimDimSum’s readers, friends and family, I want to sincerely say thanks.

From the bottom of my heart, thank you for your support, your care, your words, your feedback, and for all your love.

Happy Thanksgiving!