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I'm not even slightly American, but I would like to propose that Thanksgiving 2020 be replaced by the Dionysian Mysteries. Instead of turkeys and soft colonialism, we shall have November festivities of ritualised chaos, innebriation, and cultivation of the sacred plants!
Those sacred plants, by the way, are grapevines (obvs), figs (believed to purge toxins), pine trees (used as a preservative), and ivy (which was seen as some kind of anti-grapevine).
Conveniently, the festival of Rural Dionysia, which involved theatrical performances, was held around the Winter Solstice.
I'm just saying!
@InvaderXan Am in the UK and am very here for adopting this.
@QueenMollyBones After how awful most of 2020 has been, I'd be all for trying to revive the Cult of Dionysus. As a treat.
@InvaderXan we all deserve a treat.
@InvaderXan where do I sign up?
@QueenMollyBones @InvaderXan sounds like a great way of drinking hot mulled wine over the winter solstice.
@maloki @QueenMollyBones See? It fits so nicely!
@InvaderXan I bet I could combine parts of this with my friend group's new November tradition which we are calling Bad Movie Holiday.
@InvaderXan Could there be.. cuddling?
@porsupah I'm sure that could be involved!