Thanksgiving or money-making day?

In 10 days here in the US, we celebrate Thanksgiving....however, more and more stories are appearing on how some stores will be opening their doors on Thanksgiving evening. It seems that in order to make more money, Thanksgiving Day has become just another day to make money....

The question is...is that all Thanksgiving has become...From the PC crowd bombarding us with message about we shouldn't really be celebrating because of what happened to the Native American tribes...to this, it seems that the true message of Thanksgiving has been lost....

Something from Wallbuilders (http://www.wallbuilders.com/libissuesarticles.asp?id=17984) about Thanksgiving that you may not know about.....(I'll put in some comments of my own)....
That summer, the Pilgrims, still persevering in prayer  (wonder how many of us have a prayer service on Thanksgiving) and assisted by helpful Indians (wonder what the PC crowd would make of this?),  reaped a bountiful harvest.  As Pilgrim Edward Winslow (later to become the Governor) affirmed, “God be praised, we had a good increase of corn” (praising God? wonder what the ACLU would think?); “by the goodness of God (God mentioned twice in the same sentence? today the libs and PC crowd would call this guy a religious fanatic), we are far from want.”  The grateful Pilgrims therefore declared a three-day feast (three days, can you imagine being allowed to eat that long, wonder what Michelle Obama would think?) in December 1621 to thank God and to celebrate with their Indian friends (that's friends, not victims PC crowd)  – America’s first Thanksgiving Festival. Ninety Wampanoag Indians joined the fifty Pilgrims for three days of feasting (which included shellfish, lobsters, turkey, corn bread, berries, deer, and other foods [I'm just gaining weight thinking about that]), of play (the young Pilgrim and Wampanoag men engaged in races, wrestling matches, and athletic events), and of prayer. This celebration and its accompanying activities were the origin of the holiday that Americans now celebrate each November.

So how have we gone from three days of feast and prayer to half a day of stuffing your face and then going to the store and shopping? Have we really lost focus on what Thanksgiving REALLY is all about? Or maybe we have done to Thanksgiving what we have done to other holidays (holiday's root is "holy day") and removed what the focus originally was supposed to be on....something related to God....

So let us get back to the original meaning of Thanksgiving....a feast dedicated to thanking God for His blessings, maybe having a prayer service on that day....who knows maybe it can be a new tradition for your family...and at least on Thanksgiving do like Jesus did....drive out the money changers.....