Thanksgiving is in 3 weeks.
I wasn't born American. But I have noticed that a lot of people celebrate the date by
1 gathering together with family;
2 fixing up more food than is needed to satisfy everyone who will be there;
3 watching TV afterwards.
Meanwhile, a lot of people can't afford a feast (though they can manage a simple meal like they usually eat), but the difference between what they have, and what they remember from before, make it seem like they're being deprived. I wonder what the preachers at the rich mega-churches would tell their disciples? "Let's make sure our less-well-off brothers and sisters do not starve for at least one day!" That could easily be their song.
In the best of all possible worlds, a number people could rent an enormous tent, and bring a vast number of china pieces (paper plates would not do), bring what would be their Thanksgiving meal from home, and serve it out to anyone who comes, under that tent. That would be a lot more fun than it would be in their homes!
Someone might accuse the organizers of practicing the dreaded Socialism. Well, OK. I'm perfectly all right with Socialism, if that was it. Mayor Mamdani explained some of his objectives on a video recently. I didn't watch the whole thing, but some of the elements of sharing were in that talk.
"When America was great," I think some people would feel like saying, "we didn't have to share nothing!" It would be lovely to send those people to some miserable place, where they could not share all by themselves, and the rest of us have a joyful Thanksgiving!
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