Thanksgiving Needs More Love
The pressure of a first post has been holding me down, and it seems due time to finally shove it off me. Apologies since this will be long.
As October came to a close, the consensus of America was that the spooky season was over. No more decorations, no more costumes, no more pumpkin spice. These universal Halloween symbols all share one thing in common. They’re highly profitable.
Just like Valentine’s Day, Easter, and many other holidays, corporations have shaped the way we celebrate Halloween to maximize their income. With this being said, it is only natural that when the Halloween season comes to an end, the Christmas season follows shortly on its tail coats, accompanied by all the capitalist whimsy we’ve learned to love.
But I believe that companies are purposely skipping over what should be one of the most important seasons. Thanksgiving, being comparatively one of the younger holidays, has managed to retain one of the most important messages of any holiday, gratitude.
Stripped down, Thanksgiving’s messages of acknowledging all of the resources the earth gives to us, along with acknowledging the indigenous people and all the sacrifices they made still remain important and relevant in todays society. So if you can, take the time to celebrate the Thanksgiving season by giving back to the planet and to the indigenous people who have both given so much to us.
