Thanksgiving is the most awesomest American holiday. I don't know how much people in the rest of the world know this. It's like the one great holiday Americans haven't figured out how to completely fuck up yet.
It's about food and eating a lot and drinking with friends and family and appreciating what you've got in life. Doesn't matter the color of your skin, the gods you do or don't worship. None of that matters. You don't have to buy people gifts and get retailers whoring themselves out with peer pressure about buying their crap to give to others. There's no greeting card obligations. No religious obligations. You get two days off of work or school. You get football on TV -- and not that faggy college football shit either. No ridiculous songs that drive you nuts. No bizarre pagan rituals involving eggs and rabbits for no sane reason.
It really is the perfect holiday in this country.