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6 comments:
I think Thanksgiving should be an occasion for fasting, not overindulgence. That would really teach us to give thanks.
"To answer the question I get every year, I think you can be thankful without being thankful to someone."
How? Who do you thank?
i think he just means being happy for what you have, rather than thanking a specific being.
Maybe we should be unhappy we don't have more?
well that's not in the spirit of the holiday, now is it.
JA, I'd like you to possibly comment over here.
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