Re: OT Thanksgiving was Re: Thoughts on Tarsyanian verbs
| From: | João Ricardo de Mendonça <somnicorvus@...> |
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| Date: | Saturday, October 1, 2005, 20:13 |
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On 10/1/05, Carsten Becker <naranoieati@...> wrote:
<SNIP>
> A question for you, João: Why do Americans put up a Christmas
> Tree? Is it necessarily an American invention? What I mean
> is, both German and English culture (as well as the cultures
> of other Germanic langs) share in some parts the same
> cultural background, so why shouldn't we have some kind of
> Thanksgiving as well, or the Christmas Tree? Both do not
> necessarily need to be an American/English invention.
<SNIP>
The only reason I thought it was a US-only holiday is that it is
related to the first English colonists in New England. I thought it
was a holiday to remember how the USA began to be inhabited by
European descendants. That's all. Thanks for the explanations, but I
must say your patronizing answer is a bit irritating.
João Ricardo de Mendonça