Happy Thanksgiving! 2008

Here's a great colonial thanksgiving tale - about an 'all American patriot grandmother in training'.

During the Revolutionary war, this lady - Helen - was employed as a housekeeper for an American patriot general. When Thanksgiving time came around, Helen saw the pumpkins in the local market and her thoughts turned to pumpkin pie.

But what about her general? Did he want his housekeeping money spent on pumpkin (pie)? You must remember that very few people - patriot or otherwise - celebrated Thanksgiving at this time. Helen was one of the few who did, and she learnt from her mother. But some...

This is really too short to be considered a proper article but I just want to take the opportunity to wish my American fanpoppers a very happy and peaceful Thanksgiving Day!
Here in Australia we do not celebrate Thanksgiving and I know that many other countries don't either. But it strikes me that maybe Thanksgiving Day should in fact be celebrated worldwide.
We all have our problems at times and difficult hurdles to overcome in life but when all is said and done, don't each and every one of us have thanks to give? I believe we do.
I admit that I don't know very much about the Thanksgiving tradition...