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ome families may even have their own yearly thanksgiving traditions. what es to mind when you think of thanksgiving? do you picture a time of thankfulness towards god—o r is it merely one of eating, partying o r watching football? sadly, the latter is what thanksgiving has bee to most. they have fo rgotten why the day was established. its meaning has slowly deterio rated, and is now almost pletely lost under a cloud of media hype, sales pitches, marketing tactics and blitz mercialism. while many are familiar with the traditional representation of the o riginal thanksgiving, it is helpful to examine the purpose fo r which it was first celebrated. by doing this, t