Thanksgiving Day is looked upon as a day to get together with family and friends to eat, sometimes dance, have a couple of drinks and just enjoy ourselves. This is not a bad thing, especially when it comes to getting together with your loved ones.
For the record...
The word Thanksgiving means - "The act of giving thanks; grateful acknowledgment of benefits or favors, especially to God." (Dictionary.com)
Unfortunately...as humans we tend to primarily focus on the things that go wrong.