Canadian Thanksgiving
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Yup, I'm Canadian as well, and there's going to be a great feed laid out.
However, there is a software release going on this weekend and if I get paged and stuck there for yet another destroyed holiday weekend, I might have to chow down on a Thanksgiving pepperoni and Italian sausage pizza..... but that's not bad either
Redshift does like his pizza!
However, there is a software release going on this weekend and if I get paged and stuck there for yet another destroyed holiday weekend, I might have to chow down on a Thanksgiving pepperoni and Italian sausage pizza..... but that's not bad either
Redshift does like his pizza!
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mmmm pizza for thanksgiving. that would be a welcome break of tradition. but i do have to say i love my turkey and potatos
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have fun
and come out alive
and come out alive
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Ya thx giving food sure is good stuff, to bad I'll be working, I guess theres always left overs
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Ohhh man the best part is the mashed potatoes. That stuff is SO good. I eat at least 3 helpings every year, and no im not fat. 205lbs 9% body fat thankyou
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Canadians have Thanksgiving ????? Its not fair we dont have a Boxing DAy !!!
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Enrich my cultural curiosity and explain the story behind the Canadian Thanksgiving. Did you have pilgrims and Indians or what ?
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is that a serious question?
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uhh... wow... scorpian... wow...
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Enrich my cultural curiosity and explain the story behind the Canadian Thanksgiving. Did you have pilgrims and Indians or what ?
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Nope, we didn't do the pilgrim thing.....the origin of the Canadian Thanksgiving is here:
http://www.twilightbridge.com/hobbies/festivals/thanksgiving/canada
In Canada Thanksgiving is celebrated on the second Monday in October. Unlike the American tradition of remembering Pilgrims and settling in the New World, Canadians give thanks for a successful harvest. The harvest season falls earlier in Canada compared to the United States due to the simple fact that Canada is further north.
The history of Thanksgiving in Canada goes back to an English explorer, Martin Frobisher, who had been trying to find a northern passage to the Orient. He did not succeed but he did establish a settlement in Northern America. In the year 1578, he held a formal ceremony, in what is now called Newfoundland, to give thanks for surviving the long journey. This is considered the first Canadian Thanksgiving. Other settlers arrived and continued these ceremonies. He was later knighted and had an inlet of the Atlantic Ocean in northern Canada named after him - Frobisher Bay.
At the same time, French settlers, having crossed the ocean and arrived in Canada with explorer Samuel de Champlain, also held huge feasts of thanks. They even formed 'The Order of Good Cheer' and gladly shared their food with their Indian neighbours.
After the Seven Year's War ended in 1763, the citizens of Halifax held a special day of Thanksgiving.
During the American Revolution, Americans who remained loyal to England moved to Canada where they brought the customs and practices of the American Thanksgiving to Canada. There are many similarities between the two Thanksgivings such as the cornucopia and the pumpkin pie.
Eventually in 1879, Parliament declared November 6th a day of Thanksgiving and a national holiday. Over the years many dates were used for Thanksgiving, the most popular was the 3rd Monday in October. After World War I, both Armistice Day and Thanksgiving were celebrated on the Monday of the week in which November 11th occurred. Ten years later, in 1931, the two days became separate holidays and Armistice Day was renamed Remembrance Day.
Finally, on January 31st, 1957, Parliament proclaimed...
"A Day of General Thanksgiving to Almighty God for the bountiful harvest with which Canada has been blessed ... to be observed on the 2nd Monday in October.
Enrich my cultural curiosity and explain the story behind the Canadian Thanksgiving. Did you have pilgrims and Indians or what ?
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Nope, we didn't do the pilgrim thing.....the origin of the Canadian Thanksgiving is here:
http://www.twilightbridge.com/hobbies/festivals/thanksgiving/canada
In Canada Thanksgiving is celebrated on the second Monday in October. Unlike the American tradition of remembering Pilgrims and settling in the New World, Canadians give thanks for a successful harvest. The harvest season falls earlier in Canada compared to the United States due to the simple fact that Canada is further north.
The history of Thanksgiving in Canada goes back to an English explorer, Martin Frobisher, who had been trying to find a northern passage to the Orient. He did not succeed but he did establish a settlement in Northern America. In the year 1578, he held a formal ceremony, in what is now called Newfoundland, to give thanks for surviving the long journey. This is considered the first Canadian Thanksgiving. Other settlers arrived and continued these ceremonies. He was later knighted and had an inlet of the Atlantic Ocean in northern Canada named after him - Frobisher Bay.
At the same time, French settlers, having crossed the ocean and arrived in Canada with explorer Samuel de Champlain, also held huge feasts of thanks. They even formed 'The Order of Good Cheer' and gladly shared their food with their Indian neighbours.
After the Seven Year's War ended in 1763, the citizens of Halifax held a special day of Thanksgiving.
During the American Revolution, Americans who remained loyal to England moved to Canada where they brought the customs and practices of the American Thanksgiving to Canada. There are many similarities between the two Thanksgivings such as the cornucopia and the pumpkin pie.
Eventually in 1879, Parliament declared November 6th a day of Thanksgiving and a national holiday. Over the years many dates were used for Thanksgiving, the most popular was the 3rd Monday in October. After World War I, both Armistice Day and Thanksgiving were celebrated on the Monday of the week in which November 11th occurred. Ten years later, in 1931, the two days became separate holidays and Armistice Day was renamed Remembrance Day.
Finally, on January 31st, 1957, Parliament proclaimed...
"A Day of General Thanksgiving to Almighty God for the bountiful harvest with which Canada has been blessed ... to be observed on the 2nd Monday in October.
