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Good catch!

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That sounds a horrible experience.

Glad to hear you are home and doing well.

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Wow!! that sounded nasty! and a bit if a close shave.... glad you made it through ok.

I agree...thanksgiving is my favourite long weekend of the year too! as you say.... next year. :thumbup:

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Woah, scary stuff! Thank goodness for good healthcare! Hope your recovery is swift and pain free...
:fingerscrossed:

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What's everyone doing for Canadian Thanksgiving?

I like this celebration. It seems less loaded with colonialistic overtones than the US version, it's basically a rebranded harvest festival. Plus, it's doesn't have the emotional weight and the family conflict that often comes with the American version, just check Thanksgiving movies. It's sort of a light breezy holiday but you still get to eat a turkey dinner and because a lot of people have their meal on the Sunday, there's football on the TV with the added bonus of baseball playoffs. I'm cooking a free range, organic, species appropriately fed, certfiable emotionally adjusted turkey and one that comes with a complete detailed historical inventory and provenance for just $120, a bit like a Cabbage Pat doll in the 1980s. :o I do like the stuffing, mashed potatoes and gravy though. I hope you all have a nice time.

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The usual "cook from frozen" Butterball Stuffed Turkey, with added cranberry and orange sausage meat non stuffing stuffing. :lol:

It's a huge Turkey this time. 8 kilos. We'll be living on it for weeks.

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So if Canada was not part of the Commonwealth we would not have had a GG and so we would not have had a day off! God save the KING!

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We do SFA on Thanksgiving. Also, seeing as none of my business associates or clients are in Canada, I'll probably work.

I heard a Christmas song on the radio yesterday. That' early even for here.

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We got our turkey dinners from a local restaurant and I cooked Yorkshire puddings to go with. It was fine but could have cooked similarly for cheaper, if only I wasn't so lazy

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I can't believe I forgot parsnips. :(

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No, no, no parsnips. Don't forget the turnips.

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Turnips help make the mash for leftover variations :nod:

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Yes, I forgot about that. Also many use the addition of carrots to the turnips to cut down on the bitterness. DH likes to mix his mashed pot with mashed turnips. I like parsnips in my homemade soups but can't get use to the taste as a stand alone veggie.

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Oops, forgot.

When I asked, curious after this thread was posted, most of my Canadian rellies didn't care too much about Thanksgiving as a holiday. They're either old and retired, so they don't notice it as a day off, especially as the stores stay open now anyway. Or they're young and too busy working through it to make special plans.

It's a minor public holiday between end-of-summer and Christmas, in family terms. Not at all like the American version.

Small sample set, but probably not all that atypical.

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In contrast to the post above, the cradles I know treat Thanksgiving the same way as Americans. People travel to family, often planning to stay over due to distance or anticipated drunkenness. They eat Christmas dinner. Those of an evangelic bent wail their appreciation. I suppose there may be church services though I'm mot aware of anyone I know attending one. There's usually a walk, or horseback ride, in the woods. Overall, I'd say the typical activities on Canadian Thanksgiving are similar to those in the BBC's depictions of a royal Christmas.

It was warm here so I went for a spin and ate left over Thai curry. Good curry, survives re-heating well.

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