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James W. Baker says that thanksgiving is an invented tradition

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“The reason that we have so many myths associated with Thanksgiving is that it is an invented tradition. It

doesn’t originate in any one event. It is based on the New England puritan Thanksgiving, which is a religious

Thanksgiving, and the traditional harvest celebrations of England and New England and maybe other ideas like

commemorating the pilgrims. All of these have been gathered together and transformed into something

different from the original parts.”–

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