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[View in browser]( [Mother Jones Daily Newsletter]( November 23, 2020 Thanksgiving is the only holiday I really celebrate. It has everything I look for in a holiday: It's secular, it promises good food, and it's an annual opportunity to take a break from my usual cynicism and focus on what I'm thankful for. I normally spend Thanksgiving at my parents' house in Massachusetts, but because coronavirus cases are soaring in my city and I don't want to get on a plane, my boyfriend and I are planning to stay in our apartment and prepare a feast for two. He'll cook a turkey, and I'll put together the stuffing and sides. We'll buy some pies and crack open a bottle of wine, thankful to have survived the Trump era and, thus far, the pandemic. Some people are [getting creative]( with their Thanksgiving plans, setting up heated outdoor dining areas in their backyards or converting their garages into well-ventilated gathering places—neither of which is feasible for apartment-dwellers like me. People who aren't willing to travel may have Friendsgiving with others who live close by. People who are intent on seeing their family after a long, hard year of isolation might get tested before they go and isolate themselves at both their place of origin and their destination. Others might break from the Thanksgiving tradition entirely and go for a hike, or order Chinese food, or both. How important is Thanksgiving to you, and how are you planning on celebrating safely? Let me know at aweinberg@motherjones.com. How are you celebrating this year? Are you celebrating Thanksgiving at all? Do you normally? Does the colonization of Native American land factor into your understanding of the holiday? Do you like turkey? Are you vegetarian? Will you watch the Thanksgiving Day Parade? Are they even having that this year? I'll be very thankful for your feedback, and might highlight some interesting responses in another post! —Abigail Weinberg [Warnock for Georgia]( [Top Story] [Top Story]( [In a Blow to Trump, Michigan’s Canvassing Board Certifies Election Results]( Republicans had hoped to leverage a no vote to pick electors who would support the president. BY ARI BERMAN [Trending] [Trump soon will be unable to hide from the women accusing him of sexual assault]( BY MADISON PAULY [7 ways Biden can fight climate change without any help from Congress]( BY REBECCA LEBER [Biden would be a fool not to break up huge food conglomerates]( BY TOM PHILPOTT [These rare seeds escaped Syria's war and are now helping to feed the world]( BY MATT SIMON [Warnock for Georgia]( [Health & Environment] [Special Feature]( [Here’s How a Biden Administration Could Push Companies Further on Climate]( Amazon and Apple have pledged to cut emissions. Biden’s policies could make it easier. BY EMILY PONTECORVO [Fiercely Independent] Support from readers allows Mother Jones to do journalism that doesn't just follow the pack. [Donate]( [Recharge] SOME GOOD NEWS, FOR ONCE [Charlie Brown’s Thanksgiving Special Returns to Air After a Very, Very Close Call]( “Now that’s good news,” a co-worker sighed in relief after a colleague shared with us a breaking news headline: “Charlie Brown Specials to Air on TV, After All, in PBS Deal.” Count yourself lucky if you didn’t know that Charlie, Linus, and Lucy were temporarily off of network TV. They’re back to their historic PBS home after Apple TV+ had gained exclusive rights. An outcry grew with [petitions]( gathering more than 263,000 signatures, and Apple backed down. PBS scored the victory, but Apple didn’t lose either. The platforms teamed up to air the specials in partnership “ad-free!” my co-worker boasted. The broadcast aired yesterday on PBS and streams for free this week on Apple TV+. If you don’t know Charlie Brown or Peanuts, start with the piano [soundtrack](. A key theme is anti-commercialism, or striking a better balance of consumption and the meanings found beyond products and services. It’s echoed elsewhere in surprising ways during the pandemic, as more big-box retailers revert to staying closed around Thanksgiving Day for safety rather than fueling elbow-jabbing crowds. The Black Fridayification of Thanksgiving was summed up in a 2015 Mother Jones [article]( that rings ever truer, and a 2017 [academic essay]( by Williams College student Will Abersek, with footnotes and all, that doesn’t fail to mention at the end, “I have written this essay in the style of David Foster Wallace.” Not sure that helps, Will, but your essay is remarkably good. And support for a less-commercial future of Thanksgiving, after the pandemic, is growing. 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