Thanksgiving has changed a lot over the years. From the first thanksgiving many years ago that consisted of bean soup to our elaborate feasts that we get to enjoy today. The tradition behind thanksgiving is lost, the only thing people seem to be grateful for on thanksgiving is a full stomach and a good game of football. Thanksgiving, like everything else, has been over commercialized and turned into an excuse to eat as much food as you can without feeling bad about it.
The turkey, which is the crowning center peace of any respectable thanksgiving dinner, is a mutated bird that is pumped full of antibiotics since the day of it’s birth. “The turkeys we eat today have about as much in common with the turkeys pilgrims might have eaten as does the ever-punch-lined tofurkey.”(Eating animals p. 250) Even if the early settlers had eaten turkey, it would bare little to no resemblance to the turkey we eat today. These turkeys are so genetically modified that they can’t even reproduce sexually, they need to be created in a lab.
The original thanksgiving was a celebration declaring the end of starvation for the early American pilgrims. Today, the last thing on our mind on thanksgiving is starvation. Now the tradition rattles along even though there is no importance in it anymore. It is not pertinent to have a lavish meal just to be in the company of your good family and friends.
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