Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.1 6/24/83; site ccieng5.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!floyd!harpo!ihnp4!zehntel!hplabs!hao!seismo!rochester!ritcv!ccieng5!jbf From: jbf@ccieng5.UUCP (Jens Bernhard Fiederer) Newsgroups: net.politics Subject: Re: Thanksgiving & religion Message-ID: <309@ccieng5.UUCP> Date: Tue, 27-Mar-84 12:15:56 EST Article-I.D.: ccieng5.309 Posted: Tue Mar 27 12:15:56 1984 Date-Received: Fri, 30-Mar-84 02:22:50 EST References: <421@ucbtopaz.CC.Berkeley.ARPA> Organization: Computer Consoles Inc., Rochester, NY Lines: 11 We also had a Thanksgiving in Germany. It was called Erntedankfest(Harvest Thanks Festival). It was traditional for every family to bring a gift of food to their church (from the farmers who dedicated a portion of their crops) which would then be distributed to the needy. It had no political overtones. The Grey Mouser -- Reachable as ....allegra![rayssd,rlgvax]!ccieng5!jbf Or just address to 'native of the night' and trust in the forces of evil.