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From: elb@hou5e.UUCP (Ellen Bart)
Newsgroups: net.religion.jewish
Subject: Re: Halloween
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Date: Wed, 7-Nov-84 08:13:07 EST
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Posted: Wed Nov  7 08:13:07 1984
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I do not celebrate Halloween or NewYears but I'm not sure I agree that
Thaksgiving falls in the same category.  As far as I can tell, Thanksgiving
celebrates the ability of the first colonists to survive in the new
land.  Since I benefit from that new land, why shouldn't I be happy about
it's founding?

Saying that the first settlers were anti-Jewish is not an arguement that
would sway me because I'm not remembering the values of the first settlers,
but rather the establishement of a country from which I now benefit.

I solicit responses that would convince me either way.

Ellen Bart