Happy Thanksgiving
10-12-2015, 03:58 PM
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Originally Posted by coopah
It's basically the same celebration as in America, according to DH, but we don't know why it is earlier. My DH grew up in BC and says they're just trying to beat the snow. HA! HA! Actually, I think it's smart...because cooking a humonguous dinner in November and again in December is just nuts. IMO
'The origins of Canadian Thanksgiving are more closely connected to the traditions of Europe than of the United States. Long before Europeans settled in North America, festivals of thanks and celebrations of harvest took place in Europe in the month of October. The very first Thanksgiving celebration in North America took place in Canada when Martin Frobisher, an explorer from England, arrived in Newfoundland in 1578. He wanted to give thanks for his safe arrival to the New World. That means the first Thanksgiving in Canada was celebrated 43 years before the pilgrims landed in Plymouth, Massachusetts!'
Quote from a web site called kidzworld.com
Last edited by Trisher; 10-12-2015 at 04:05 PM.
10-13-2015, 03:15 AM
#13
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Location: Tavistock, Ontario, Canada
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DH works for a cash cropper who says the USA is smarter to celebrate at the end of harvest not at the height of it. Yes they were out working over the "holiday weekend"
I grew up with it that way so think nothing of it. Why fuss over what can't be changed.
I grew up with it that way so think nothing of it. Why fuss over what can't be changed.
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