Thank Jim for reminding me I hadn't done a Thanksgiving specific thread.  Thanks, Jim! So the Google AI overview gives a nice little history of Thanksgiving.  It actually has a long history that can be traced back to harvest festivals celebrated by Native Americans and the Pilgrims.  Before Europeans arrived in the Americas, Native Americans celebrated harvests with dances and rituals, such as the Green Corn Dance of the Cherokees.  Then, in 1621, the Wampanoag people and the Plymouth colonists shared a harvest feast in what is considered the first Thanksgiving. The feast celebrated an abundant harvest of wild turkeys, duck, geese, fish, corn, green vegetables, and dried fruits.  Even before the Pilgrim's celebration, Europeans held several Thanksgiving services in America, including one in Newfoundland in 1578 and another in Jamestown in 1610.  Then, in 1863, President Abraham Lincoln proclaimed a national Thanksgiving Day to be held each November. T...