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Happy Thanksgiving to all my fellow Canadians!

Sealy

Sealy

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I hope everyone has a wonderful Thanksgiving long weekend! Anyone doing anything special?

I'm going up to the Okanagan to see my Parents and my sister and her fiance. Should be fun! Gobble gobble gobble!😀
 
I'm just going home for the weekend to see the family. Then I'm going to eat until I explode...mmmm...

Happy thanksgiving 😀
 
I'm going to try and work this holiday Monday. Mmm, time and a half. 😛

Happy Thanksgiving guys and girls. 🙂
 
YEA.. lets hear the story!!

It cant be as cool as the AMERICANS!!!

hahaa

jk guys.. Happy thanksgiving to you Canadians
 
Google is your friend
When does Canada celebrate Thanksgiving?
Encarta says: "It was formerly celebrated on the last Monday in October. But in 1957, the Canadian government proclaimed the second Monday in October to be the holiday."
Comptons: "A national Thanksgiving Day was first proclaimed in Canada in 1879. After
World War I it was merged with Armistice Day for a time. In 1931 the two were made separate holidays, and the second Monday in October was proclaimed Thanksgiving Day."


How is Canadian Thanksgiving Celebrated?
Encarta says: "Thanksgiving Day in Canada is celebrated in much the same way as in the United States."


What is the History of the holiday?
Comptons says: "The first Thanksgiving Day in Canada was observed at Port Royal, N.S., in 1710, when the town and fort passed into English hands for the last time. In 1760 a day of thanksgiving at Halifax marked the victory of General Jeffrey Amherst's troops at Montreal.

These early thanksgiving days were held at various times, usually to celebrate military victories or the birth of royal children. The Scottish settlers of Nova Scotia emphasized the religious aspect of a day of thanksgiving. Halifax in 1762 was the first community to give thanks for a bountiful harvest."


Why is the Canadian Thanksgiving earlier then in the US?
Encarta says: "Thanksgiving is also a legal holiday in Canada. Because Canada is north of the United States, its harvest comes earlier in the year. Accordingly, the Thanksgiving holiday falls earlier in Canada than in the United States. The Canadian Parliament set aside November 6 for annual Thanksgiving observances in 1879. In 1957 the date was shifted to an even earlier day, to the second Monday in October."
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Hey, guys, Canadians are Americans too. It's North America, not American and Canada. Mexicans are Americans too, just Central Americans. So are Brazillians and Chileans, but they're South Americans. If you go to Brazil and someone asks where you're from, you say "America," you'll get the sh|t beat out of you. I knew a Brazillian woman for a few months while she was interning up here and she said that it's so insulting and rude to say something like that and it's very common to get physically assaulted for saying something as such.

So... just be careful. 🙂 The USA isn't the only country in the western hemisphere, ya know.

nik
 
Hey Kami! Thanks for posting that about Thanksgiving, I don't know how many Canadians actually know that! I was'nt even exactly sure how our thanksgiving came about, but now I know!🙂
 
Originally posted by: Sealy
Hey Kami! Thanks for posting that about Thanksgiving, I don't know how many Canadians actually know that! I was'nt even exactly sure how our thanksgiving came about, but now I know!🙂
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You don't know how many Canadians know how to use Google?? 😉 😛

nik
 
Originally posted by: ffmcobalt

You don't know how many Canadians know how to use Google?? 😉 😛

nik
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I'm quite familiar with google and I realize Kami used google...my point was really that I'm not sure how many Canadians would even think to use google or any other resource to find out about Canadian Thanksgiving.

In away I envy the U.S and their knowledge of their history, I wish Canadians knew as much! I'm not sure how many school kids could answer who our first Prime Minister was, but I bet they could tell you who the first American President was! It's just sad that's all.
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Leave it to the Canadians to celebrate Thanksgiving in October.
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amish
 
Originally posted by: Electric Amish
Leave it to the Canadians to celebrate Thanksgiving in October.
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amish
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We like spacing out our Turkey dinners a little... Also, we did'nt have a day off with pay in October, so why not Thanksgiving!🙂
 
b00yah. I love this weekend.... SO good! 😀😀😀

May you all have a great thanksgiving, and remember to eat as much as you can!! 😀😀😀

HAPPY EARLY THANKSGIVING!

cheers!!
 
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