Today marks the beginning of the Holiday Season in the United States with the national holiday called "Thanksgiving." This season is first and foremost a consumer holiday season that brings in $billions to the economy, with many businesses in the United States earning more revenue between Thanksgiving and New Years than the rest of the year combined. Mass media presents it as a time of year to be with family, a "happy" time of year. But for many people, maybe perhaps even the majority of the people in the U.S. this year, this is the most painful time of the year, not the happiest time of the year, because as the mass media advertises families getting together, for many families, loved ones are not coming home for the holidays. Not this year, not ever: because our government and our society brutally killed their children and loved ones. So instead of being "thankful" today because my government declares it to be a national day of "Thanksgiving," I