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LOCAL Tuesday 24 November 2020

A strange year but lots of reasons to be thankful

ORANJESTAD — 2020 is not reader every day.
your average year, this
Thanksgiving will be a spe- Please do note: By submit-
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special person in your life What is Thanksgiving
or you would like to express about?
your gratitude to hospital Thanksgiving 2020 is on
staff or your favorite waiter Thursday November 26th,
in your Aruba hotel. It is up the day before Black Fri-
to you! Just write us and day. Thanksgiving Day tra-
send us a picture together ditionally kicks off the ‘holi-
with your message. We will day season’ in the United Many Americans think it ing can be traced back was their devotion to God
publish it in our edition on States. The day was set in of it as just as important as to 1621 where refugees and His laws. And that’s
Thanksgiving Day, Novem- stone by President Franklin Christmas. In fact, more from England, known as what Thanksgiving is really
ber 26nd. D. Roosevelt in 1939 and people in the US celebrate Pilgrims, invited the lo- all about. The Pilgrims rec-
approved by Congress in Thanksgiving than they do cal Native Americans to ognized that everything
Please email by latest Tues- 1941. FDR changed it from Christmas. a harvest feast after they we have is a gift from God
day November 24th to: Abraham Lincoln’s desig- Thanksgiving Day is a secu- experienced a successful – even our sorrows. Their
news@arubatoday.com. nation as the last Thursday lar holiday in a country that season of produce growth. Thanksgiving tradition was
Thank you for supporting in November (because officially separates church But it wasn’t just the eco- established to honor God
our free newspaper, we there are sometimes five and state so this probably nomic drive that allowed and thank Him for His bless-
strive to make you a happy Thursdays in the month). makes sense. Thanksgiv- the Pilgrims to prosper. It ings and His grace.q