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MADem

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10. Well, Thanksgiving is a secular American holiday.
Mon Nov 30, 2015, 12:54 PM
Nov 2015

The Canadians have one too, but it doesn't quite have the same root--it's more of a harvest feast kind of thing, and less about the founding of the nation (even if fictionalized to no small extent).

I sure as heck don't speak for the Pope, but I think he's objecting to all the emphasis on superficial stuff--the presents, the lights, the food, the fun--and not focusing on the meaning of the holiday and how it relates to the tragedies happening around the world.

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