[Avodah] Thanksgiving Harmless Holiday or Chukos HaGoyim?

[Rich, Joel]

On the other hand, other contemporary authorities disagree. Rav Yitzchok Hutner[16]<https://ohr.edu/6105#_edn16> is quoted as maintaining that the establishment of Thanksgiving as an annual holiday that is based on the Christian calendar is, at the very least, closely associated with Avodah Zarah and therefore prohibited. He explains that its annual observance classifies it as a 'holiday' and celebrating Gentile holidays is obviously not permitted. It is well known that Rav Avigdor Miller was a strong proponent of this view as well, as Thanksgiving's origins belay that it was actually established as a religious holiday.
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But they did celebrate Mother's day? Veteran's day?
KT
Joel Rich
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