all those times when people mentioned pilgrims, native americans etc. where LIES!!!!

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bW7Op86ox9g

 

turns out thanksgivings history has nothing to do with those things and i think even turkeys werent even part of the mix before. im not lying! the way thanksgiving came to be had nothing to do with native americans or anything like that. just look at wikipedia! almost nothing about pilgrims. all just about giving thanks. my childhood is a lie. also my social studies teacher said it and hes pretty smart.

Edited November 27, 201311 yr by benj0818

Wikipedia is not the credible source you want to cite when trying to back up something, since it's anything but credible.  

 

It makes no difference to me, my country doesn't celebrate Thanksgiving, we own St Paddys (Y)

Welcome to adulthood, unfortunately, you find out many of the things you THOUGHT were true, have hidden (usually cash related) origins

Yeah the majority of history we've been taught our whole lives is bullshit.

It's only half a lie. There was a group of Pilgrims that did get along with Native Americans and shared cultures with them, however, it wasn't in the fall, there were no feasts involved, and it didn't just happen. It happened over time when a certain Native American watched the village Pilgrims slowly grow over time and suffer during the winter times. Eventually, this single Native American was brave enough to enter the village, but quickly leave to go fetch another Native American who spoke English. Etc, etc. This is all from a primary source, which was a diary of one of the villagers (who I think was the captain of the ship before, not quite sure.) This person is most famous for having his wife die, and not mentioning it in his diary. I can't for the life of me remember who it was. While back then it wasn't "Thanksgiving" it is what Thanksgiving is based on nowadays.

Edited November 27, 201311 yr by Admiral Antoine

Pfft. Next you'll tell me Santa Claus isn't real.