The Twin Holiday Gold Standard
Of all the holidays we celebrate throughout the year, the two most prominent are Thanksgiving and Christmas.
That’s not to say any or all the others aren’t important. They definitely are because in some form or fashion each of them either supports or stems from the origin and meaning exemplified in Thanksgiving and Christmas.
It is in that context that in their own ways Thanksgiving and Christmas have combined to become what we might call the gold standard of all observances and holidays.
There is disagreement as to whether the first Thanksgiving really did occur in November and whether Jesus … Read the rest “The Twin Holiday Gold Standard”