Thanksgiving

AFAIK, the British don't celebrate Thanksgiving, so I don't mean anything offensive. I just want to wish those of us who are Americans a good Thanksgiving, and say thank you to the board as a whole. I really enjoy the discussions and am very thankful this place exists.
Take care.
Mike

As an American, I thanketh thee.

Mbast1 wrote:AFAIK, the British don't celebrate Thanksgiving, so I don't mean anything offensive. I just want to wish those of us who are Americans a good Thanksgiving, and say thank you to the board as a whole. I really enjoy the discussions and am very thankful this place exists.
Take care.
Mike

I still have no understanding of Thanksgiving, but I'm glad this place exists too. So happy...whatever it is you're celebrating.

tony ingram wrote:I still have no understanding of Thanksgiving, but I'm glad this place exists too. So happy...whatever it is you're celebrating.

Originally, so the story goes, the people who came here almost starved to death, and were thankful for the help given to them by the natives. My understanding now is that not only was the original incident invented, but also the holiday itself came along after the Civil War.
But, it's supposed to be a time to remind us to be thankful for the good things in our lives. I applaud the sentiment, but I don't see most people caring that much.

How big is this holiday? I'd always assumed it was sort of on a level with Halloween but someone on another forum was saying something about people having the day off work, as though it was on the same scale as Christmas or Easter?

tony ingram wrote:How big is this holiday? I'd always assumed it was sort of on a level with Halloween but someone on another forum was saying something about people having the day off work, as though it was on the same scale as Christmas or Easter?

Well, Thanksgiving is a big deal in terms of being thankful that the Pilgrims survived a harsh new world with limits on what supplies they had available and such. It was more of a religious day of giving thanks . . . then it became more a day of thanks celebrated by families and such.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thanksgiving_(United_States)

Of course, business got involved and turned it more towards the commercial side, making the end of Thanksgiving become the kickoff to the major Christmas spending season and such . . .

tony ingram wrote:How big is this holiday? I'd always assumed it was sort of on a level with Halloween but someone on another forum was saying something about people having the day off work, as though it was on the same scale as Christmas or Easter?

It is one of our major holidays, and people do get the day off.

Huh. You learn something new every day. Still seems odd to me, giving any national holiday the same level of status as a religious festival that's been celebrated across the world for a couple of thousand years.

Well, here it is Thanksgiving Day again in the United States. (NOTE: In the U.S., it's celebrated on the fourth Thursday of November. Canada celebrates their Thanksgiving Day on the second Monday in October; for Norfolk Island (an island that's part of Australia), Thanksgiving is celebrated on the last Wednesday of November; and there are other places that have Thanksgiving on other days as well.)

Anyway, Happy Thanksgiving to one and all (whether you celebrate it where you are or not).

Happy Thanksgiving Day 2023 to anyone and everyone, whether you're from the United States or not.

MajorHoy wrote:Happy Thanksgiving Day 2023 to anyone and everyone, whether you're from the United States or not.

Same to you, sir, and as ever I'm thankful for this board. I don't get a chance to talk as much any more, but I do enjoy reading it!

MajorHoy wrote:Happy Thanksgiving Day 2023 to anyone and everyone, whether you're from the United States or not.

More importantly (to us Brits, anyway) November 23rd 2023 was the 60th anniversary of Doctor Who!

tony ingram wrote:November 23rd 2023 was the 60th anniversary of Doctor Who!

I know, and I celebrated by watching some of the Trial of a Time Lord. Interesting so far.