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[Anonymous No.]

>It's Thanksgiving
>I'm talking on Skype with an Amerifat
>He says he's about to celebrate Thanksgiving with his family (he's 30, by the way)
>Point out how ironic it is that an ultra-Christian nation like USA celebrates a pagan holiday with so much fervor
>MFW he flies into extreme denial

[Anonymous No.]

>>6507057
And yet you are here. Alone.

[Anonymous No.]

>>6507057
So as an Atheist, you don't celebrate Christmas rite?

[Anonymous No.]

>mfw I'm an Amerifat and don't really care about religious shit but enjoy spending time with my Grandparents because it means a lot to them.

[Anonymous No.]

>ultra-Christian nation

I think you meant Protestant, so your christian laws don't you shit against them.

[Anonymous No.]

Reported.

[The Destroyer of Elah !!EzZ4ge15Iuj No.]

OP, how is Thanksgiving a pagan holiday?

[Anonymous No.]

>>6507070

Protestants are Christians. Are you thinking of Catholics?

[Anonymous No.]

We don't care about the background of holidays, we just like spending time with our loved ones. Surely you can understand that.

[Anonymous No.]

Arriving in Massachusetts in late November, the Pilgrims sought a suitable landing place. On December 11, just before disembarking at Plymouth Rock, they signed the "Mayflower Compact" - America's first document of civil government and the first to introduce self-government.

Pumpkins. Photo copyrighted. After a prayer service, the Pilgrims began building hasty shelters. However, unprepared for the starvation and sickness of a harsh New England winter, nearly half died before spring. Yet, persevering in prayer, and assisted by helpful Indians, they reaped a bountiful harvest the following summer.

The grateful Pilgrims then declared a three-day feast, starting on December 13, 1621, to thank God and to celebrate with their Indian friends. While this was not the first Thanksgiving in America (thanksgiving services were held in Virginia as early as 1607), it was America's first Thanksgiving Festival.

An actually 100% christian holiday. Nevermind that it is recent.

Xmas is pagan though. Jesus was supposed to be born in summer, not winter.

[Anonymous No.]

>>6507079
Because it was originally an Indian tradition, you dumbfuck.

[Ayashiro !Hime2512LA No.]

>>6507091
This is what the idiot OP really believes!

Take it to >>>/n/ or something, maybe someone will actually fall for it.

[Anonymous No.]

The Japanese celebrate Christmas.
Holidays aren't about religion, they're about getting drunk and eating good food instead of working.

[Anonymous No.]

>>6507103
>It's okay as long as the Japanese do it!

People like you make me sick.

[Anonymous No.]

Thanksgiving is celebrating by stuffing your face and then getting ready for the biggest shopping binge of the year.

It's gotten USA written all over it.

[The Destroyer of Elah !!EzZ4ge15Iuj No.]

>>6507091
Native Americans celebrated the survival of the European pilgrims even before the pilgrims came to America?

Did they have a time machine or something?

Yes, I know about the harvest festival, but EVERY agricultural society in history has celebrated that. Attributing such a generic holiday to one group is ridiculous.

[Anonymous No.]

>>6507067
Why wouldn't we celebrate the sun returning? Keeps us warm that thing does.

[Anonymous No.]

>>6507112
now now, you have to try harder in order to troll.

[Anonymous No.]

I would say it's the intent of the ritual that makes it what it is, not the origin. Even if Thanksgiving was originally a ritual to slaughter white babies and offer their souls to the demon lord, that would have nothing to do with what it is today. Ceremony with form and no intended meaning is hardly ceremony at all.

[None !OPIATE9fy. No.]

your face is some disgusting muslum?

I hope you die a horrible death

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