La Festa del Ringraziamento
Tuesday November 25, 2008
Thanksgiving in Italy? How about celebrating the Celtic New Year in Japan, or El Carnaval in Russia? The distinctly American tradition doesn't translate well in another land where the Plymouth Rock would be just another stone in two–thousand–year–old Roman archaeological ruins. Even the transliteral phrase in Italian for Thanksgiving, La Festa del Ringraziamento, refers to a variety of religious holidays held throughout the year for patron saints.
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it’s 1 more justification that america is a unique phenomenon. even though we don’t have the thousands of years background civilization that asian & european countries do, we have our own special traditions. the wonderful part is that we’ve come to this stage in our developement in such a short time as compared to other civilizations. viva l’america…have a great thanksgiving & above all, be thankful that you are an american. love to all of you bloggers…marianna
Cheers Marianna. I am thankful I’m American, and that God gave me such a wonderful life with wonderful parents…and also for those hard working Italian grandparents that came over by faith. Thanks God !
yes, you’re correct,bob,…we thank our italian ancestors who came here on little more than their faith in the new world to make this country the great nation that it is. they never asked for nor did they receive a “gov’t hand-out”, it was all done by hard work, sacrifice, sharing, vision & frugality. this thanksgiving, in view of the shaky future, we should remember how they accomplished the almost impossible task of enduring in a hostile world & let that be the beacon for our own survival. we do give thanks for our brave ancestors who came here from italy [and other parts of europe]
to make it possible for us to celebrate thanksgiving. i ♥ michael’s bloggers, M
You’ve said it beautifully, Marianna!
In these difficult times we would do well to remember how our ancestors came to these shores with practically nothing and endured shortages of food, fuel, clothing…they worked long hours uncomplainingly and never expected the government to give them a handout. And they didn’t complain about paying their taxes, either, because it was a privilege for them to have become Americans and to watch their children grow up as American citizens.
We owe our ancestors so much for all they did for us - God bless them and keep them!
Please don’t forget history,
The 16 that were lynched in Louisiana.
The 400,000 plus that were in concentration
camps during WWII (Italians not Japanese)
The many that were killed trying to establish
unions
Mazzini friend of Washington & Jefferson