• the pilgrim thing is all made up anyway
  • it makes more sense to have a feast to celebrate getting thru the winter than just right before it
  • similarly it makes sense to stockpile some treats and extras thru the winter just in case (in the old days like of a famine)
  • right now Jan and Feb are bleak awful fucking months with nothing to look forward to
  • you see family during christmas anyway why do it in november too
  • ThatFembyWho@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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    8 months ago

    the pilgrim thing is all made up anyway

    explain

    European protestants (pilgrims) did in fact colonize North America, and they were extremely thankful for being able to survive a year, starting from basically nothing. I can blame them for many things, but not that. Also harvest celebrations are universal.