Happy Thanksgiving
Nov 23rd 2018, 9:18 pm
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Re: Happy Thanksgiving
When you think about it thanksgiving is as much British as American. In 1621 British expats who had been here one year started the tradition. America and the United States was over 150 years in the future. Besides who can not like four days off and an excuse to eat until you can’t eat any more.
Nov 23rd 2018, 9:37 pm
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Re: Happy Thanksgiving
When you think about it thanksgiving is as much British as American. In 1621 British expats who had been here one year started the tradition. America and the United States was over 150 years in the future. Besides who can not like four days off and an excuse to eat until you can’t eat any more.
I'd like to know when and why it got associated with 1621 and Plymouth, probably the same time that Plymouth got associated with movement from Europe to America, despite earlier events.
Nov 23rd 2018, 9:51 pm
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Re: Happy Thanksgiving
I always assumed it was Jamestown until I googled it prior to making my post. I am not too strong in the history department.
Nov 23rd 2018, 9:52 pm
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Re: Happy Thanksgiving
I would really miss it if I wasn't here. What is better than a 4 day weekend with lots of food and no work? Also no pressure of decorating the house, buying presents and spending too much money.
As for only having one day for Christmas, again with planning ahead we have always tried to make sure we have christmas eve, christmas day and boxing day off work. To me celebrations are what you make of them yourself, we kept up a lot of the traditions we had when we were back in the UK but we have also added some since we have been here.
So now you are in Canada do you celebrate the CanadianThanksgiving weekend?
As for only having one day for Christmas, again with planning ahead we have always tried to make sure we have christmas eve, christmas day and boxing day off work. To me celebrations are what you make of them yourself, we kept up a lot of the traditions we had when we were back in the UK but we have also added some since we have been here.
So now you are in Canada do you celebrate the CanadianThanksgiving weekend?
Nov 23rd 2018, 10:40 pm
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Re: Happy Thanksgiving
I don't know. You can take the wife out of Boulder, but you can't completely take Boulder out of the wife.
Nov 24th 2018, 2:43 am
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Re: Happy Thanksgiving
When you think about it thanksgiving is as much British as American. In 1621 British expats who had been here one year started the tradition. America and the United States was over 150 years in the future. Besides who can not like four days off and an excuse to eat until you can’t eat any more.
Didnt Jamestown have Thanksgivings before 1621? and were these not imported celebrations anyway?
I'd like to know when and why it got associated with 1621 and Plymouth, probably the same time that Plymouth got associated with movement from Europe to America, despite earlier events.
I'd like to know when and why it got associated with 1621 and Plymouth, probably the same time that Plymouth got associated with movement from Europe to America, despite earlier events.
Nov 25th 2018, 1:33 am
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Re: Happy Thanksgiving
Didnt Jamestown have Thanksgivings before 1621? and were these not imported celebrations anyway?
I'd like to know when and why it got associated with 1621 and Plymouth, probably the same time that Plymouth got associated with movement from Europe to America, despite earlier events.
I'd like to know when and why it got associated with 1621 and Plymouth, probably the same time that Plymouth got associated with movement from Europe to America, despite earlier events.
Nov 25th 2018, 1:38 am
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Re: Happy Thanksgiving
George Washington's original letter re Thanksgiving Holiday from 1789
Nov 25th 2018, 1:51 am
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Re: Happy Thanksgiving
We were in Canada for the Canadian Thanksgiving and we bought a nice turkey, but living in the Banana Belt of SW Ontario, it turned out to be too warm to have the oven on for hours, so it went into the freezer and we had BBQ steak instead.
Down here in Panama the American neighbors are doing a ham tomorrow for a belated US thanksgiving.
Down here in Panama the American neighbors are doing a ham tomorrow for a belated US thanksgiving.
You are so mean.
Nov 25th 2018, 3:15 pm
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Re: Happy Thanksgiving
When you think about it thanksgiving is as much British as American. In 1621 British expats who had been here one year started the tradition. America and the United States was over 150 years in the future. Besides who can not like four days off and an excuse to eat until you can’t eat any more.