Thor. Posted October 8, 2012 Share Posted October 8, 2012 http://forums.nexusmods.com/public/style_emoticons/dark/psyduck.gif TahnksGiving Dinner Tomorrow wooooottt.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
naomis8329 Posted October 8, 2012 Share Posted October 8, 2012 Thought Thanksgiving was in November?? Confused. Good morning all Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dirk45 Posted October 8, 2012 Share Posted October 8, 2012 Canadian Thanksgiving is earlier. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thor. Posted October 8, 2012 Share Posted October 8, 2012 (edited) I never understood why The USA has thanksgiving so close to Christmas, is that when the harvest ends or something, i like the fact its October here, gives us some time to prepare financially for Christmas http://forums.nexusmods.com/public/style_emoticons/dark/teehee.gif Also having two meals in two months period kind of makes Christmas meh I've already had thanksgiving don't ya think.. http://forums.nexusmods.com/public/style_emoticons/dark/teehee.gif Its like going to a Restaurant that's really expensive in two days period. and you have to pay the bill http://forums.nexusmods.com/public/style_emoticons/dark/teehee.gif Edited October 8, 2012 by Thor. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slayerpaul Posted October 8, 2012 Share Posted October 8, 2012 :tongue: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dirk45 Posted October 8, 2012 Share Posted October 8, 2012 (edited) I never understood why The USA has thanksgiving so close to Christmas, is that when the harvest ends or something, i like the fact its October here, gives us some time to prepare financially for Christmas http://forums.nexusmods.com/public/style_emoticons/dark/teehee.gif Also having two meals in two months period kind of makes Christmas meh I've already had thanksgiving don't ya think.. http://forums.nexusmods.com/public/style_emoticons/dark/teehee.gif Its like going to a Restaurant that's really expensive in two days period. and you have to pay the bill http://forums.nexusmods.com/public/style_emoticons/dark/teehee.gif Yeah, we get an extra month of farming in before the last harvest. It used to be, before FDR made it a federal holiday in1939, that it would just be the president issuing a declaration of thanksgiving any time in the fall and people in the city would have their turkey and junk. The farmers would wait until after their last harvest - sometimes even just lumping it in with Christmas if the weather wast especially mild. It also used to be about more than Christmas shopping. Hell, Christmas used to be about something else too, but I can't remember what it was. Something about a magic baby and farm animals. CBS Cares. OH and not everybody celebrates Christmas in this country so it's not really that big of a deal for those that do. Edited October 8, 2012 by dirk45 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
naomis8329 Posted October 8, 2012 Share Posted October 8, 2012 Ah right, so is the Canadian Thanksgiving the same as the US but just different months, or is there another reason for it? Sorry if that sounds like a daft question but I'm genuinely interested as my parents live in the US and, although a US citizen myself, I don't celebrate Thanksgiving as my children don't understand it. :D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slayerpaul Posted October 8, 2012 Share Posted October 8, 2012 I win! :happy: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dirk45 Posted October 8, 2012 Share Posted October 8, 2012 (edited) Thanksgiving is pretty much the same here as Canada except for here we have the airing of grievances, the aluminum pole, and the feat of strength on Festivus too. :biggrin: Basically the pilgrims were starving and then they got desperate enough to seek the guidance of the native Wampanoag. The Wampanoag taught the pilgrims how to work the difficult New England soil and they became friendly. So this one time they got together and ate some turkey and cornucopias of junk and stuff. Then more white guys showed up and they gave the Wampanoag some smallpox blankets and then many years later let them open a casino... or something. Anyway that's the origin of the American Thanksgiving tradition.Abraham Lincoln was the first US president to institute the holiday, although it wasn't a 'get off work' holiday until the nineteen thirties. The Canadian holiday just comes from a sort of end of harvest ritual common to many cultures when faced with a long and hard winter. It's very practical. They started observing it as a national holiday in 1957. We get four days off (Thursday-Sunday)and Canadians get three(Saturday, Sunday, Monday) so it's worth the wait. For Thor.: http://www.linwoodlibrary.org/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/Turkey-gif-w-Have-a-Great-Thanksgiving.gif OH SHIZ I forgot, The reason we don't celebrate Thanksgiving at the same time is because we celebrate that Italian guy who worked for the Spanish guys and stumbled ass-backward into the Dominican Republic. Edited October 8, 2012 by dirk45 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deleted54170User Posted October 8, 2012 Share Posted October 8, 2012 Wow! http://forums.nexusmods.com/public/style_emoticons/dark/woot.gif Borderland 2 has Cliffracers almost identical to MORROWINDs. But faster! http://forums.nexusmods.com/public/style_emoticons/dark/wacko.gif I WIN ! http://forums.nexusmods.com/public/style_emoticons/dark/woot.gif Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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