The Thanksgiving House (2013) -Late Post

When Boston lawyer Mary Ross (Emily Rose) inherits a house in Plymouth from her late aunt, she has no idea she may have inherited a historical treasure. Mary's initial desire to sell the house is supported by her slick boyfriend, Rick (Adam Kaufman), but she is shocked to discover local historian Everett Mather (Justin Bruening) has evidence that her house is located on the site of the first Thanksgiving! With the house turning into an unexpected tourist attraction, putting Mary in the media spotlight at the prying of unscrupulous gossip blogger Ashleigh Mulligan (Cerina Vincent), Everett tries to prove his theory and Mary tries to prove anything that will keep the house in her hands. Suddenly, Mary clings to the house as an artifact of her own history before her happy childhood memories were tarnished by her father's abandonment.

Ultimately, Mary must decide if it is more important to preserve the house’s historical ties or make it the site of many happy Thanksgivings to come. What will she choose?- The Hallmark Channel

Thanksgiving is not really a big deal in this country, but a lot of people practice it, including Black Friday.  For one, it's not really our history, but like the Pocahontas Theme Song called Colors of the Wind said, "...and we are all connected to each other..." so it should be important too. (more below the song lyrics)

Colors of the Wind

Judy Kuhn

You think I'm an ignorant savage
And you've been so many places
I guess it must be so
But still I cannot see
If the savage one is me
How can there be so much that you don't know
You don't know

You think you own whatever land you land on
The Earth is just a dead thing you can claim
But I know every rock and tree and creature
Has a life, has a spirit, has a name

You think the only people who are people
Are the people who look and think like you
But if you walk the footsteps of a stranger
You'll learn things you never knew, you never knew

Have you ever heard the wolf cry to the blue corn moon
Or asked the grinning bobcat why he grinned?
Can you sing with all the voices of the mountains?
Can you paint with all the colors of the wind?
Can you paint with all the colors of the wind?

Come run the hidden pine trails of the forest
Come taste the sun sweet berries of the Earth
Come roll in all the riches all around you
And for once, never wonder what they're worth

The rainstorm and the river are my brothers
The heron and the otter are my friends
And we are all connected to each other
In a circle, in a hoop that never ends

How high will the sycamore grow
If you cut it down, then you'll never know
And you'll never hear the wolf cry to the blue corn moon
For whether we are white or copper skinned
We need to sing with all the voices of the mountains
We need to paint with all the colors of the wind

You can own the Earth and still
All you'll own is Earth until
You can paint with all the colors of the wind

Mga Songwriter: Alan Menken / Stephen Laurence Schwartz

Lyrics ng Colors of the Wind © Walt Disney Music Company

This movie is so good because it values history.  It's so easy to know how sleazy the blogger(CERINA VINCENT as Ashleigh Mulligan) and the boyfriend(ADAM KAUFMAN as Rick Allen) with Dollar Signs in his eyes are, but I liked the roles of BRUCE BOXLEITNER(Parker Mather), LINDSAY WAGNER(Abigail Mather), and my longtime harmless crush, JACK SCALIA(John Ross) here, but you cannot discount EMILY ROSE(Mary Ross)...as for JUSTIN BRUENING(Everett Mather), well, he grows on you.  

The Virginians and the People from Plymouth, Massachusetts are debating about where the real thanksgiving is, and what really occurred. 

Anyways, that's not what this movie is all about.  It's a work of fiction, and the fact is, Mary Ross' house is probably the place where the first Thanksgiving happened, and they played it well.

Would I watch it again?  Yes, me.  What do I truly feel?  Well, if ever, maybe not anytime soon, but I liked it.  I don't love it, but I liked it.  :-)

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