Personal Narrative: What Thanksgiving Means To Me

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Thanksgiving means to me...the season when we take a step back and see how much we really have to be thankful for. Too often, people forget all the things they take for granted that others don’t have. It is sometimes overshadowed by Black Friday and other similar sales and seen as the beginning of the Christmas season by many people instead of its own holiday in and of itself. Though some people also dismiss it as a futile attempt to reconnect with family, most, I think, have not forgotten its original purpose amongst all the artificial stimulation of this day and age.
It isn’t quite like any other holiday. Most are either religious, such as Christmas and Easter, or in celebration or remembrance of something, like Memorial Day or Independence