In all my research i can find no clear relationship between GRATITUDE and TURKEYS. The only relationship i can figure is that when we see a turkey in the wild we can have gratitude for THAT.
We should all know by know that just because EVERYBODY ELSE IS DOING IT does not mean that we have follow! Is similar to cigarette smoking in the United States. There was a time when everybody smoked cigarettes and nobody understood there was anything dangerous until all the lung diseases came.
Thanksgiving is a day for Gratitude and family…not necessarily a day for killing large birds and overeating. Overeating is one of the worst things we can do to our body. Even if you eat Vegan style or Vegetarian style overeating is very dangerous for the human body.
Investigate with your intuition all these OLD STALE PATTERNS that everybody is following on these holidays like Thanksgiving and don’t worry about what other people think ever when it comes to your food selections! People are very judgment and emotional when it comes to food so is best speak to as few people as possible about what you eat. In the end most people are not actually interested but rather just trying to make conversation.