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Humanity's oldest thank-you note, written to the weather in food.
means A seasonal celebration, held after crops are gathered in, that gives thanks for the harvest through feasting, ritual, and community gathering.
from 'Harvest' traces back to Old English 'hærfest,' meaning autumn or the time of reaping, itself rooted in a much older Germanic word tied to 'plucking' or 'gathering' — a cousin of the Latin 'carpere' (to pluck), as in 'carpe diem.' 'Festival' comes through Old French 'festival' from Latin 'festivus,' meaning festive or joyous, built on 'festa,' feast days. So the phrase is literally 'the feast days of the gathering-in' — two old words for two old instincts, bringing in the food and then celebrating that you did.
- origin
- Predates agriculture-based religion itself, essentially
- timing
- Traditionally held at the harvest moon, late September
- global version
- Thanksgiving is just America's branded reboot
- irony
- Celebrates abundance right before winter scarcity hits