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Erin Andrews wished James Hinchliffe a Happy Thanksgiving on "Dancing With the Stars".
I find that Americans who are aware that Canadian Thanksgiving is in October tend to overestimate its importance in Canada a bit. And that's why we get all of these good wishes from Americans for this day.
Yes, it is "marked" by most people with a family dinner, but for having spent Thanksgiving in the U.S. it's nowhere near as big a deal.
Others will correct me if I am wrong but it's about the same as Mother's Day and Father's Day in Canada. Behind Christmas and behind Easter even.
Which is a far cry from what it is in the U.S., where it almost seems like it rivals Christmas.
I find that Americans who are aware that Canadian Thanksgiving is in October tend to overestimate its importance in Canada a bit. And that's why we get all of these good wishes from Americans for this day.
Yes, it is "marked" by most people with a family dinner, but for having spent Thanksgiving in the U.S. it's nowhere near as big a deal.
Others will correct me if I am wrong but it's about the same as Mother's Day and Father's Day in Canada. Behind Christmas and behind Easter even.
Which is a far cry from what it is in the U.S., where it almost seems like it rivals Christmas.
Again, this is just my observation.
I'd say, at least for the people I know, it's well ahead of Mother's and Father's day, much closer to Easter for the secular if not quite there, but nowhere near Christmas.
I'd say, at least for the people I know, it's well ahead of Mother's and Father's day, much closer to Easter for the secular if not quite there, but nowhere near Christmas.
Thanks for this.
I admit that my view might be tainted a bit by living in Quebec, where as you know it's even less of a big deal for francophones.
But as I mentioned even among old stock English-speaking Canadians, it does not seem to be as big a deal as for Americans.
In the U.S., the whole family tries to get together at Thanksgiving like they (and we) do at Christmas. Even out-of-towners.
It seems to me that most Canadians don't really do this, although there is the classic first-year university student who goes back home for Thanksgiving in October. And a certain number of them never go back to uni...
BIMBAM, your secularism angle is an interesting one.
I wonder if, as our society becomes more secular (or at least, less Christian), that the focus won't move away more from unabashedly Christian holidays like Christmas and Easter, and that stuff like Thanksgiving might not become a much bigger deal.
BIMBAM, your secularism angle is an interesting one.
I wonder if, as our society becomes more secular (or at least, less Christian), that the focus won't move away more from unabashedly Christian holidays like Christmas and Easter, and that stuff like Thanksgiving might not become a much bigger deal.
Especially with more mixing of families in multicultural cities. Your Hindu inlaws might be more comfortable having everyone over, including someone's Jewish wife, for Thanksgiving rather than at Easter. I do expect things might end up trending that way. It's a Canadian holiday immigrants from non-christian traditions can whole heartedly embrace and feel more connected to their community through in a way Easter and (sometimes) Christmas can't be.
Especially with more mixing of families in multicultural cities. Your Hindu inlaws might be more comfortable having everyone over, including someone's Jewish wife, for Thanksgiving rather than at Easter. I do expect things might end up trending that way. It's a Canadian holiday immigrants from non-christian traditions can whole heartedly embrace and feel more connected to their community through in a way Easter and (sometimes) Christmas can't be.
Agree. It's an easy holiday where there is no overtly religious symbols. Everyone can understand being thankful, and many cultures across the world have days of thanks.
The only thing religious may be a prayer of thanks before dinner.
As others have noted it's not a huge deal here. Partly I believe because unlike in the US it's not the beginning of the much larger Christmas season.
Agree. It's an easy holiday where there is no overtly religious symbols. Everyone can understand being thankful, and many cultures across the world have days of thanks.
The only thing religious may be a prayer of thanks before dinner.
As others have noted it's not a huge deal here. Partly I believe because unlike in the US it's not the beginning of the much larger Christmas season.
I've also noticed that even Christmas seems to be marginally bigger in the U.S. (Coming from a French Canadian Catholic family and living in Quebec, that's saying something!)
Given that Canada is a northern country, I thought that Christmas in the U.S. would be, at best, roughly equivalent to Canada.
I should have known better. Everything is larger than life down there!
If anyone has any turkey leftovers, what are you going to make with them?
Will you freeze the meat to eat later?
I'm making turkey tetrazzini later today. I've never prepared it before, but I found a recipe online that looks relatively easy. If we like it, I will share the recipe in the Food/Recipes thread.
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