THANKSGIVING DAY
A pilgrim’s hat, a turkey and the bust of an Indian. These are the items our son brought home from his preschool class this week. These treasures have been in the making for a week or so now, in preparation for this day. They were made, of course, to help the children of his class learn something about this history of this American holiday.
And these symbols do tell us that our American Thanksgiving is a unique celebration. But we have other symbols for this day.
Where else but in Amerca could we find as great a percentage of the population able to gather in families around butterball birds and all the caloric extras, to be topped off with two alka-seltzer?
Where else but in America could we push away from the dinner table to the easy chair in six short steps to watch not one,…