Originally Posted by Matt 26z

I recall being taught that Thanksgiving started when pilgrims and indians had a dinner together. This is a bogus fairy tale.

The true origins of Thanksgiving are from a communist settlement in New England that had a history of losing some of their population to starvation in the winter months. So they would sit down for a big feast just before the freezing cold set in and people died. Years later they moved away from communism and suddenly residents started being productive enough to grow enough food for everyone to make it through the winter. They decided to keep the yearly feast tradition anyway.