Today, as we’re contemplating all the things we have to be thankful for, we should take a minute to give thanks for having Thanksgiving at all.

Modern Texans take for granted that we’ll get the last Thursday of November to gather with family and friends for feasting and fellowship.

Some of us probably assume Thanksgiving started in Texas, or at least somewhere south of the Mason-Dixon, what with the pecan pies and cornbread dressing and all.

Such is not the case, of course, and the fact is that Thanksgiving is a relatively new tradition in the Lone Star State.

Thanksgiving didn’t get much ink in The Daily News until after the Civil War, when the concept of a uniform national holiday became a hot political issue because the traditional celebration was seen down South as “Yankee.”

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