Thanksgiving is a holiday my family has celebrated since immigrating to the United States like many other holidays and as other immigrants do. While we have the traditional turkey (although I don't eat it since I am a vegetarian), the menu of the day includes pansit (noodles), lumpia (egg rolls), adobo (chicken with soy sauce and vinegar), bagus (milk fish) and much much more. Cranberry sauce and pumkin pie make a presence, but rarely consumed.
Like many immigrants who come to the United States, typical American holidays such as Thanksgiving are hard to miss. Weeks before the holiday supermarkets stock up on hams and turkeys, gift shops put out Pilgrim greeting cards and Thanksgiving decorations, and you start to hear conversations about how you are cooking your turkey this year.
But why is Thanksgiving celebrated? What is the history behind the event? If you ask most, they may say "It's a time to give thanks, just like the when the pilgrims and Native Americans sat together and enjoyed an autumn harvest feast." I invite you to read about Thanksgiving from a different perspective.
Check out this paper, "Teaching About Thanksgiving" - this is a collective work by educators from Indian Education, Highline School District.
wwww.halcyon.com/pub/FWDP/Americas/tchthnks.txt
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