O/T Happy Thanksgiving

[TundraWolf]

Today, Monday, October 13th (second Monday of October), is Thanksgiving Day. Sort of a harvest festival when Canadians eat lots of turkey, mashed potatoes and pumpkin pie (in the US it is the 4th Thursday of November...I think, their harvest traditionally coming in later having a longer growing season). As usual it is celebrated here (as in the States) with lots of football (North American styles) on TV.

May your stuffing be tasty

May your turkey be plump,

May your potatoes and gravy

Have never a lump.

May your yams be delicious

And your pies take the prize,

And may your Thanksgiving dinner

Stay off your thighs!

Happy Thanksgiving Everyone!

[Robus]

Happy Thanksgiving Tundra. Now you've got me thinking--do we celebrate it on the 4th Thursday or the last Thursday in November...? Anyway it's the 27th this year.

Nice holiday, my favorite. More than others we tend to reunite with family. My childhood memories involve hours in the car going to and from family get-together in Texas. And delightful smells emanating from the kitchen, pumpkin and mincemeat pies, candied yams, bread stuffing, mashed potatoes and gravy, and turkey that always seemed a little dry. And playing outside with my cousins who I only saw once a year.

For the last eight or ten years we've had my mother-in-law visit, whom you met in Vancouver. Unfortunately she does not care for turkey, so it will be a pot roast.

[TundraWolf]

Just looked it up, Robus, apparently it is the 4th Thursday of the year in the US, never coming after November 28th. Also found out about Black Friday, the following day, never knew about it till now! Have heard that Thanksgiving Day is so entrenched as a day to visit families that more Americans travel that four-day weekend than over the Christmas holidays.

[Woking88]

That really appealed to my sense of humour, Tunds!

[Robus]

Just looked it up, Robus, apparently it is the 4th Thursday of the year in the US, never coming after November 28th. Also found out about Black Friday, the following day, never knew about it till now! Have heard that Thanksgiving Day is so entrenched as a day to visit families that more Americans travel that four-day weekend than over the Christmas holidays.

I never heard of Black Friday until about twenty years ago. It's not a traditional holiday, more like a made-up commercial event to get people to start their Christmas shopping earlier.

[TundraWolf]

I never heard of Black Friday until about twenty years ago. It's not a traditional holiday, more like a made-up commercial event to get people to start their Christmas shopping earlier.

Ironic, as too much spending can put you in the 'red!':/

[MichiganWolf]

Makes me wish I was dating a Canadian, at had family up there. I could do with two Thanksgivings in a year.

Black Friday is the absolute worst though. Nice to have another day off, but can't go anywhere without running into a crowd. Usually just stay home and watch a movie, read and hang out with the dogs.

[Robus]

Makes me wish I was dating a Canadian, at had family up there. I could do with two Thanksgivings in a year.

Black Friday is the absolute worst though. Nice to have another day off, but can't go anywhere without running into a crowd. Usually just stay home and watch a movie, read and hang out with the dogs.

I've never heard of people getting a day off work for Black Friday, unless you were already going to get the four-day weekend for Thanksgiving.