It's true, thanks and giving go together. They are like salt and pepper or sugar and spice. One without the other just does not provide a complete package. Besides, it sounds better--"Happy Thanksgiving!" rather than just, "Happy Thanks!" or "Happy Giving!" See what I mean.

Thanks without giving would also change the meaning. Imagine if the Pilgrims sat down and didn't give 'thanks' but rather just kept it to themselves or worse took 'thanks' from others (Then, it would have been Happy Thankstaking). 

So this Thanksgiving be sure to do both--
Thank and Give...

Give thanks for the Thanksgiving food as many around the world are not so fortunate.
Give thanks for all of God's blessings in your life...family, health, opportunity, freedom, ...
Give time to those who need it.
Give money to the less fortunate.
Give compassion to those who hurt.
Give love even to those who 'don't deserve' it.

Happy Thanksgiving!!!

A little Thanksgiving humor...

"Thanksgiving is an emotional holiday.
People travel thousands of miles to be with people
they only see once a year. And then discover once
a year is way too often."
- Johnny Carson

"An optimist is a person who starts a
new diet on Thanksgiving Day."
- Irv Kupcinet

"We're having something a little different
this year for Thanksgiving. Instead of a turkey,
we're having a swan. You get more stuffing."
- George Carlin

"You know that just before that first
Thanksgiving dinner there was one wise, old
Native American woman saying, 'Don't feed them.
If you feed them, they'll never leave.'"
- Dylan Brody

"My mother is such a lousy cook that Thanksgiving
at her house is a time of sorrow."
- Rita Rudner

A little bit of Thanksgiving history...

In 1621, the Plymouth colonists and Wampanoag Indians shared an autumn harvest feast which is acknowledged today as one of the first Thanksgiving celebrations in the colonies.

In 1619, on a Berkeley Plantation in Virginia, a group of British settlers led by Captain John Woodlief knelt in prayer and pledged "Thanksgiving" to God for their healthy arrival after a long voyage across the Atlantic. This event has been acknowledged by some scholars and writers as the official first Thanksgiving among European settlers on record.