AdvertisementAmerican Excess: Imagine Thanksgiving Without ItNovember 18, 2010Linton WeeksfacebookEmailOver the years, Thanksgiving has become a time for merchants -- think Macy's flashy parade -- to sell everything. "This modern version of Thanksgiving would horrify the devout Pilgrims and Puritans who sailed to America in the 17th century," historian Eve Laplante wrote in 2007. (AP)