For Americans, Thanksgiving is a special, beloved holiday for eating turkey - or a vegetarian main course option - and spending time with family and friends. Both the religious communities and non-religious communities alike celebrate the day of Thanksgiving which generates debate over its religious associations.

However, for others, the celebration is deeply controversial. Thanksgiving has a contentious history that goes far beyond when the first feast was held. Like Columbus Day, the holiday is viewed by many to be a celebration of the conquest of Native Americans by colonists. Thanksgiving is considered by some to be a national day of mourning.

Biblically, there are Holy Days that are to be observed which were given to us by YeHoVaH through Moses. If one chooses to celebrate Thanksgiving, do so knowing it is not Biblically mandated or required by YeHoVaH.

Get the FACTS about Thanksgiving in this teaching, The Day of Thanksgiving and the Bible.