So here’s the question. Should we celebrate Thanksgiving? True, following the first dinner, settlers and Native Americans (which I think is deemed un-pc now, it’s suppose to be ‘first Americans.’ Whatever.) did some pretty horrible things. So should  we still celebrate Thanksgiving?  Should we preface every  kindergarten lesson of the pilgrims and “Indians” first feast with how bloody the later years were?

Should we even feast to this event?

Yes, I think so. There’s a lesson to be learned from the Thanksgiving story. It was about unity, sharing and being grateful for what you have. All, I consider, great themes, especially in our youth.

I loved roasting pumpkin seeds and dressing up as an Indian and drawing a turkey using my hand as a stencil and learning about the discovery of America. I thought it very humbling to list what I was grateful for and paying homage to our predecessors. Am I evil for that?

I’m watching cartoons with my sister and it’s not called Thanksgiving, but instead a “fall festival.” It’s not Indians, or even Native Americans but first Americans. It’s not ok for little children to dress up and pilgrims and Indians and sit together and eat together as a symbol of harmony. No. That first dinner was a prequel to genocide.

I’m Thankful for the country I live in and fr the freedoms it grants me to put these words on paper. I’m saddened by the actions of adults to see this holiday as an attack on ethnicity instead of a praise of unity and brotherhood.

With that I bid you all a very Happy Thanksgiving. Don’t get caught up on what side of the fence we’re on for one day. Eat and be thankful because you have the food, the health, and the good fortune to do so.