Reply To: Is today Thanksgiving or something?

“Thanksgiving never was a religious holiday. That myth is always cited by people looking to justify not celebrating.”

I have never heard anyone say that’s it’s a religious holiday and that it’s asur to celebrate.

No one has a need to “justify not celebrating”. That would involve starting off with the assumption that we are supposed to celebrate because all the goyim in America do, and we are supposed to do what everyone else does.

Yidden are not supposed to start off with any such assumption. It’s not a Jewish Holiday, so we don’t start off assuming we should celebrate it (even if it’s not religious).

If someone celebrates Thanksgiving, it should be because THEY came up with a reason why they SHOULD be celebrating it, and not the other way around.

L’maaseh, there are different shitas, and everyone has what to be somech on, so no one should be criticizing anyone else.