Happy Thanksgiving

Whether you're celebrating Thanksgiving Day or St. Catherine's feast day today, I hope it's happy and with not too much snow.
Thanksgiving Day is the celebration and thanks-giving to God by the Pilgrims who settled in Massachusetts in 1620 and were helped by the local Indian tribes. They taught the Pilgrims how and what to plant and kept them from starving in the wilderness they found when they stepped off the Mayflower, the little ship that had brought them to the New World. The Thanksgiving feast was not only religious but also meant to share with the Indians the bounty that would not have been possible without their help.
St. Catherine, by contrast, is the patron saint of unmarried women, who traditionally wore yellow and green hats on St. Catherine's Day to advertise the fact. She was an early martyr who is also a doctor of the Catholic Church. In many European countries, St. Catherine's Day marks by tradition the first snowfall, not unlike Thanksgiving in the USA. It is also the day for local fairs that celebrate the harvest and the coming of winter.
So, whatever you are celebrating today, I hope it is a happy and blessed occasion with your families and friends.