So it's Thanksgiving sometime around now and it is patently obvious from that one sentence that I am somewhat ignorant on the subject!
I did ask a friend recently what it is all about but somehow it has gone from my none to retentive mind again. Hence it is that I have taken another quick trip in the direction of Nebraska and my 'second home' to find some answers!
Whatever and whenever, I wish all of you in the US and Canada a very happy Thanksgiving.
Wednesday, 24 November 2004
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LOL..its like deja vu......your second home that is. I'm ot sure who's blog i'm on..lol. I better check the profile pics to be sure!!!
Lol Michelle, strangely ebough it wasn't by design....we had a kind of deja vu as well! heh
Hi Scottie. No Thanksgiving celebrations in Canada this weekend. We've had it already. Our Thanksgiving is actually a bit different from our friends to the south. We both enjoy turkey dinners with friends and family but that's where the similarity ends. It's a quiet meal here with a linen table cloth and turkey and mashed potatoes. But in the States, I think, they enjoy huge parades with marching bands and American football games broadcast on every bloody television channel. There are pageants at school to teach childen about the first English settlers (pilgrims) who landed on the Atlantic coast in the 17th century. These pilgrims very nearly perished that first winter, but were helped by the Indians. (i.e. aboriginal people) This was, I suppose, behind the idea for a national day of celebration and thanks giving.
We Canadians perhaps liked the idea of offering thanks and so we do it too, but a bit earlier and in a typically-Canadian understated kind of way. The second Monday in October. For Canadians, Thanksgiving is much quieter and without so much fanfare.
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