What's the purpose of Thanksgiving except to encourage obesity?
962856
I don't regret a damn thing. If you hate Thanksgiving so damn much don't freaking celebrate it. Donate your food to people who can't afford it instead of whining about how fat you're going to get.\n\nI'm going to celebrate with my family, I'm going to have my turkey and potato stuffing and my apple pie and you health freaks can shove your complaints where the sun don't shine.
869380
I celebrate thanksgiving to \n1. Spend time with my family\n2. To look back at my life and realize how lucky I am to be able to have a feast every year while some people are scrounging for food.\n3. To give thanks for what I have and to pray that, at least that one day, The people who aren't as lucky find some hapiness
826047
Tape a picture of a really obese person in front of you.  Everytime you feel an urge to dip in to the chocolate bowl, stare at that picture.  Put some healthy, low cal snacks in front of you & try to satisfy your urge that way.  Hard, but you can do it, use your will power!
1176804
Unfortunately you have a point. Obesity is causing many problems in our society. It is placing such a strain on our health system as the beds are no longer adequate, we need bigger chairs on planes etc. I think instead of insults we need to educate people and use the same tactics we use on war/cigarettes or anything that is harmful.
300824
no. It makes you more hungry and slows down your metabolism, making the food you eat more fattening
389664
Thanksgiving, at it's most basic, is a harvest festival to thank GOD[1] and neighbors for providing enough food to last through the winter. Today, it is more of a celebration of abundance: whether of food, friends, or other 'blessings'.\n\nYou can have Thanksgiving at someone's house by cooking a large meal there on the fourth Thursday in November (US) and inviting friends and family to share in it. Different families have traditional meals, though a typical modern dinner might include Turkey, Mashed Potatoes and Gravy, a vegetable dish, a jello dish, and Pumpkin Pie.\n\n\n[1] Since Thanksgiving (as such) was a Colonial American celebration, this would be the Christian God as followed by the majority of the settlers at the time. As Thanksgiving is analogous to harvest festivals occuring in many other religions, this designation is not necessarily exclusive
302402
Ice cream makes you fat and there is a move on by the government to slim the people down. Now if you wanted a free coupon for tofu maybe they would do that.
113451
Good point! Excessively obese people seem to be the ones striking against hunger. LOL!
473807
well first i do i agree that obesity is not a good thing in any way . America has a problem and the first step is to acknowledge this problem . this is not cool on any way or something to be proud about . however i do not think that by judging them so harshly ur making any difference . u could tell them to star living healthy a do exercise instead u go and judge them . ur attitude is not positive and not helpful at all . people is important for what they are inside and ur showing a really ugly side of u . so i hope u change ur attitude just like Americans should change theirs . think about it .
425650
America is fat because of the fact that we are so used to have convinience at our door step.  Seriously, drive down the street and you have what?  Sonic, Mcdonald's, Pizza Hut?  The list can go on and on, but that's one of the reasons.  Also, families now a days are so busy.  Not just the parents, but the children as well.  From soccer practice to school, they get home, and one of the parent's will be home, but they'll be too tired to cook.  So, instead of cooking a healthy meal and sitting together as a family, what do they do but drive to the nearest restauran/fast food place, and eat there.  As far as the youth of America being lazy..convinience again.  They have taken advantage of technoligies at their fingertips...to television from computers.  Instead of going outside riding a bike, they decide to sit on their butts and do one or the other--television or computer, or handheld games.
952296
Yes, One nice thing about Thanksgiving is the people who break bread with us love us and are with us for that reason,not for your gravy LOL. Also, I bet it`s not as bad as you think.God bless and enjoy your day and friends
253270
Thanksgiving is my personal favorite because it has that "Ahh, the whole family is here together!" feeling but isn't over-commercialized like Christmas. It also has a great theme that seems to bring out the good in people. Plus, boy do I love turkey! ...and pumkin pie...and turkey sandwich leftovers...YUM!
796328
both,but taking in consideration your 'sugar condition',in less \namounts of the usual service,so you can enjoy without exceeding\nsugar limit consumption,go ahead ,enjoy!!!,but bare in mind this key word :MODERATION, Happy Thanksgiving!!!
838117
Thanksgiving is tradition, thankfulness, and family.\n\nReligious households see Thanksgiving Day as an expression of faith and thankfulness to God at the end of the harvest season. \n\nThanksgiving is a time to gather with your family and or friends and spend the day together.  \nPeople catch up on what's been happening in the lives of their children, parents, grandparents, aunts, uncles, cousins and more.\n \nThanksgiving is a holiday for giving thanks, spending time with loved ones and indulging in delicious food that most people only eat once or twice a year.
873616
Thanksgiving is an American holiday. That doesn't even cover a majority of Christians worldwide, let alone everyone else who calls someone "God".
980585
What does being a "person of color" have to do with celebrating or not celebrating this holiday?  The offical celebration of Thanksgiving was not established until the time of President Lincoln.  It is a national holiday when people can take time out before the real hussle and bussle of the Christmas season to get together with family and friends and set a little special time aside to give thanks to whatever Diety they believe in.  There is no harm in having a special day of thanks.  Certainly, you should be grateful for the things of this world constantly, but there is no reason why you can't have a special day.  I agree that many things happened in the past that we of European descent have no cause to be proud of...however, I am, as a 21st century American, grateful for the fact that I live in this country and not another.  I am grateful for a government that sets aside a special day for thanks and that allows me the right to thank whatever Diety I wish in whatever way I wish.  No matter your ethnic/racial origins, you should be thankful for the way things are NOW and not dwell on the past.  A Mandan chief once said  something along the lines of not dwelling on things that cannot be changed (things in the past) and living toward changing those things that can (the future).  So, have a happy day of thanks.
731415
no thanksgiving at all in my country, in spite of we are christians. That is an use from anglosaxons countries.