Giving thanks…on any other day, or every day
November 27, 2009
How do people celebrate Thanksgiving in Sweden? I have actually been asked that question once.
Of course, we don’t have a Thanksgiving holiday in Sweden, because the history and myth of Thanksgiving is so American. Counting our blessings and giving thanks for all the good things in our lives is a beautiful tradition, I think.
By the popular story, the Plymouth settlers made it through a difficult winter with the help of the native neighbors sat down together with the Indians in a celebration of giving thanks to their Creator for having survived. But the “what happened later” is just too ugly.
I think I prefer to do my thanksgiving on just about any other day, or take a moment every day to be thankful for the good things in life.
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