O Canada....Happy Thanksgiving

[ghetofabu]

I don't know if anyone has started this thread (if they have just merge please ) but I just wanted to tell our peps upstairs...

HAPPY THANKSGIVING!!!



Don't eat too much.

 

[Lilly]

i need one canadian to stop eating and come online

YAY! Happy Thanksgiving Canadian kids!



So I know why American Thanksgiving is celebrated...what are the origins of Canadian Thanksgiving?









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By the way, happy Native American day.........it's also Columbus day. Anyone else find that a TAD ironic?

 

[Screaming Flower]

happy thanksgiving you wacky canucks.

 

[LarryMullen's POPAngel]

Happy Thanksgiving, you crazy canadians.

Don't eat too much.

 

[RussellbeStaji]

What does one eat in a traditional Canadian Thanksgiving meal, eh?

 

[FallingStar]

Oh, well didn't knew it was Thanksgiving in Canada today.

Happy'ay.

 

[Indigo]

Thanksgiving!!

HAPPY happy thanksgiving Canada!!!

Eat lots of GOOD food for me!!!

 

[tiny dancer]

Happy Thanksgiving to all our Canadian friends here!!!!!

 

[sulawesigirl4]

as an honorary Canadian, HAPPY THANKSGIVING!!

 

[Mrs. Edge]

Thanks, guys!

I had TWO enormous Thanksgiving dinners, one of which I made myself (after cleaning the whole house, polishing the silver, etc.). Tonight I have to do all the dishes, becuase our dishwasher is broken. How totally depressing.

Anyway, we had (and this isn't necessarily traditional, just what we had):

Free range Turkey
gravy
homemade stuffing
whipped squash
baked zucchini with garlic olive oil and parmesan
caesar salad
pumpkin pie w. real whipped cream
chocolate mousse cake

It was delightful! What a total bummer being back at work.

 

[kobayashi]

we're too young to have history

i have no idea why our thanksgiving is different. maybe just for the sake of being different

ive never much liked turkey, so thanksgiving and christmas dinners are a bit of a bust for me
i even missed pumpkin pie this year

 

[diamond]

I know that Canada has a few "turkeys" but like what do they like have to be "thankful" for?
Oh I know-
The sexy mooses
Happy Thanksgiving

DB9

 

[ghetofabu]

Re: we're too young to have history

i have no idea why our thanksgiving is different. maybe just for the sake of being different

ive never much liked turkey, so thanksgiving and christmas dinners are a bit of a bust for me
i even missed pumpkin pie this year

But you got to spend it with the family didn't you.

 

[Mrs. Edge]

Hmmm, well I've been asking around about why our Thanksgiving is in a different month, and no one really knows, but one suggestion was that because we are in a more northern climate, our harvest is earlier so that's why. Who knows? Food for thought (hehe).

 

[Sweet Tart]

Originally posted by diamond

I know that Canada has a few "turkeys" but like what do they like have to be "thankful" for?
Oh I know-
The sexy mooses

that's sexy 'meese'...get it right next time.



thanks on behalf of a lot of wacky canadians and their pet moose and beavers.

 

[U2002revolution!]

Thanksgiving this early....weirdos

 

[Basstrap]

I've so much to be thankful for here in canda, thank you very much!!

too much to list here

ideal meal for me....!!!

Turkey (w/ gravey)
dressing
pastry - mom makes the BEST BEST BEST pastry (w/gravey)
mashed potatos (w/gravey)
maybe some carrots....I should really get more into vegetables


and here in Newfoundland
Salt beef is a staple, even though I don't like it

 

[Basstrap]

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."

 

[ghetofabu]

Learn something new everyday. I better see this type of thread from you canada folk when ours (lower noth america) comes around.