Thanksgiving

Today is Thanksgiving, the holiday that we always see on the American TV series but have no clue when it is or what it is about. To clear that one: third Thursday of November, to celebrate the first harvest after the arrival of the pilgrims. It is a holiday and considered as or maybe even more important then Christmas. The pilgrims arrived first in the area between Massachusetts and Rhode Island, roughly between Boston and New York.

At that time the area was inhabited by a tribe called the Wampanoag. Today there are no native Americans left in these areas. Coincidence? I think not. As most people know, there were some wars and some lethal infections that diminished the numbers of native Americans. Most of them live in the Southwest these days. I am not sure what their perspective on Thanksgiving is. The other interesting thing about Thanksgiving is tomorrow, Friday, is known as black Friday. Many stores give many discounts; for instance, the music store where I was planning to buy a nice electronic drum set is giving a 20% discount on all items, between 8 and 10am. I heard stories about people sleeping on the streets tonight to make it to shops first; many open at 5am tomorrow morning. I leave that stuff for the masses and will by my kit another time. When I have the resources for it, preferably ;).