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7:15 AM, Nov 23, 2009 • By MATTHEW CONTINETTI

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The QotD(SF!) comes from Mark Shields. I was happy to discover that he and I share a favorite holiday: Thanksgiving. Here's Shields:

Do you know why Thanksgiving is my very favorite holiday? Because since 1863, when President Abraham Lincoln first declared it a national holiday, no robber baron or swindler has figured out a way to commercialize Thanksgiving. No expensive gift purchases required, no credit-card debt incurred, no fancy costumes to be paid for, no semi-mandatory and painful hangover the next morning.

Thanksgiving belongs to everybody. It is not the property of any one religion or faith tradition. You need not belong to any particular religion - or any religion - to celebrate fully.

Even with the nation's economy in tatters and millions among us suffering the pain of forced unemployment, there are still reasons in 2009 to be thankful.

Excellent points. Pass the pumpkin pie!

(In other Thanksgiving news, see this week's Parody.)