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Thursday, November 23, 2006

False Holiday Celebrations

Today is Thanksgiving day. Depending on how you're educated, Thanksgiving is such a false holiday. In fact, many holidays celebrated by America is a false celebration. I think America is just so bored that we need to have these holiday celebrations just to have something to do. Actually, we celebrate so many of these false holidays to better our economy. It's true. It's a way to get ppl to spend money...whether it's on traveling, food, gifts, or whatever...ppl spend with a blind eye on holidays. What I mean by a "false" celebration is that we celebrate the holiday without knowing its real meaning. For those that believe that Thanksgiving day is to celebrate the sharing of food b/w the Indians and Pilgrims...That's not completely true. Heck...it didn't even happen in November. It actually took place sometime in the spring season when the Pilgrims were able to have a successful harvest...thanks in part to the Indians who taught them how to harvest their crops. The Indians never had any part in harming the Pilgrims as we're taught in our textbooks. Do your research and you'll find out the truth.
So moving on...Thanksgiving day didn't exist until Lincoln was in office. After his death, ppl actually stopped celebrating it for sometime until it was passed into bill as a national holiday decades later. I don't remember how they choose November to celebrate, but I think it was because the bill for this holiday was passed on the last Thursday of November.
Another "false" holiday we celebrate is Columbus Day. Christopher Columbus!...a jerk in my book. We all know he was not the first to discover the Americas. The Chinese were the first to discover America. The reason history doesn't report it this way is because the Chinese are simply colonists and not conquerors like the Spanish. The Chinese never cared to learn where they landed. The just needed to know that they found a place where they could settle. Where as the Spanish needed to record everything they did. They needed to feel that they were powerful. So discovering new land was all out bragging rights for them. Of course that was then written into history by man because most Spanish were of the Christian faith and being that...they were able to control history and what was written in the books. The Chinese, at that time, had no place and importance in the world so it wouldn't have matter what they did. And another thing...don't think that Columbus came to the Americas making peace. He's not so much the honorable man that history has made him out to be. In fact, upon discovering the Americas, many Americans were murdered and women raped just so Columbus could take the land. Remember...the Spanish at that time had such modern artilleries. Guns, swords, bows...but most importantly...they had guns. Kills in an instant second. That's how they were able to bully others around. No others had guns or even knew what the weapon was at that time. So before you go honoring Columbus...just think of the ppl that were murdered and the women that were raped by his men.
Man...even Christmas is not true in its celebration. Valentine's day is another false holiday. Believe me...Valentine's day is really not about love, but instead death. But I won't get into that. It's not for the faint of heart.
Just remember that the next time you celebrate a holiday, you might be celebrating it all for the wrong reasons.
Well, with that said...Happy Thanksgiving! I'm just looking forward to eating lots.

3 Comments:

  • At 7:42 PM, Blogger halfhigh said…

    thanksgiving was crazy as usual. too much food and too many drunk ppl. sorry to hear that you're grounded. you must have done something really bad. that's not good. good thing i can't get grounded anymore. i'm a lil too old for that. plus i have a xmas party to go to this weekend. i hate dressing up. :(

     
  • At 11:27 PM, Blogger halfhigh said…

    I hope you've gotten out from being grounded. So how was your party? Did you have fun with your bf? Well, don't have too much fun. You're still too young..hahaha.
    Yes I had a date for my party and yes she's very pretty. I had lots of fun at my party.

     
  • At 7:01 PM, Blogger halfhigh said…

    why are you guys always getting in trouble and getting grounded? behave children...behave! no...i don't know what state you live in and i don't remember how old you are, but i think you told me once. i just know you're very young. anyhow...i hope all is good with you.

     

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