Why Do We Don T Celebrate Thanksgiving

I didn’t experience my first Thanksgiving until I was 10 years old. For millions of Americans, Thanksgiving is a day for feasting on immense portions of food, watching football, and napping on the couch. However, for most of my life, it was just an ordinary day like any other, in which I was allowed to miss school, play games, and even watch some TV. It wasn’t because I didn’t know about Thanksgiving. I knew it was the reason why my teacher spent the days leading up to it having us make hand turkeys and watch the Charlie Brown special in class, but my family never celebrated it. I never realized how strange that was until I shared it with a friend the week before. “What do you mean you don't celebrate Thanksgiving?!” he exclaimed. I recall the awkward predicament this put me in,
I asked them why we never celebrated Thanksgiving and I was in disbelief of their response. They simply claimed that they had never celebrated the holiday themselves when they grew up in Eritrea. I informed them that I would like to celebrate the holiday for fear of being ostracized by my peers. They seemed skeptical about my proposal, but nonetheless wanted to learn whatever they could about “Give-thanks,” as they called it, with their broken English. I explained the historical background behind the holiday as learned in school, about how the pilgrims arrived on the Mayflower and shared the first Give-thanks with the Native Americans. Next came the difficult part: explaining how to celebrate the darn thing. I remember giving a vague description about how families were supposed to eat a lot of food together and share whatever they were thankful for. My parents were intrigued by this and decided that we could celebrate Give-thanks, my mother called our closest relatives on the phone and invited them to dinner on