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Date Posted: 14:56:20 11/27/02 Wed
Author: Jennifer
Subject: Thanksgiving Traditions
In reply to: Ann 's message, "Re: Happy Thanksgiving To You All!" on 11:45:54 11/27/02 Wed

I've been surfing around to see if I could find any useful information. The best I can come up with is that maybe they didn't "celebrate" the way we do now. In 1863 Lincoln declared it a National Holiday for the last Thursday in November. Originally it was a day to praise God and fruitful harvests. And when Lincoln declared the holiday it was right after the Civil War and sounds to me like it was to be a day to praise and thank God. So maybe it was just a solemn day to them and therefore they didn't mention it.
By the time Laura wrote the books I am sure the holiday was in full swing which makes me further think they didn't "do" much for it... Any thoughts???

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[> [> [> Re: Thanksgiving Traditions -- Ann, 16:21:13 11/27/02 Wed

Having grown up in New England, I heard about the first Thanksgiving a lot. They were thankful for making it through the first year in the new land, and invited the Indians/Native Americans to celebrate with them, since the Indians played a great part in their survival by giving them advice about planting, etc. It was always portrayed as a celebration, at least as I learned it. But the Pilgrims were not known for being festive, lol, so their idea of a celebration was probably a lot more serious than ours.
I would think since it had been declared a national holiday the Ingalls must have celebrated in some fashion. But, of course, it's not as if their extended family could just pop over for some turkey.

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