>>11648639

>My family has cancelled Thanksgiving and is considering doing the same for Christmas.

Lucky for you they are both technically pagan holidays.

Christmas is an adaptation of Saturnalia

And Thanksgiving is in remembrance of the time Jupiter/Thor freed us from the bonds of Saturn

>>11648937

>So the pilgrims were thinking of their ancestors who were pagans when they gave thanks to the indians for saving their lives?

Both pilgrims and "indians" were aware that their ancestors shared the same experiences, which were preserved in their respective traditions