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gonk But thanks. xd

We have the turkey, the stuffing, the cranberry crap and whatever else kind of veggies. Y'know, the meal deal. Just minus a lot of hype on the TV about it. By watching TV, you couldn't even tell we have it. As soon as November rolls around... xd You can't help but hear everywhere about it, haha.
This year it's kind of early and technically on monday, but it changes every year. My family usually celebrates it on a Sunday night.

What do you guys do other than eat a buttload?

You guys really dress up? XD That seems like something out of a tv show (mind you, most of the shows I watch are American, haha). I think the only holiday that is super hyped other than the regulars (Halloween, Xmas, Easter) is probably Canada Day. That may be my bias, I just love the holiday. Fireworks + birthdays are my thaaang.

Yeah, I'm pretty sure it's the day that we became our own nation. xd

sure, but I don't even know what the difference between Thanksgiving Sunday and Thanksgiving Monday are except that one of them is on my birthday sometimes, whenever you see a turkey feel free to worship me even though there's millions of less important people also born close to Thanksgiving

wtf now that I moved I just found out that I've been screwed out of 22 stat holidays for living in Atlantic Canada

Actually the American Thanksgiving and the Canadian Thanksgiving are different. The American one is full of history with the Indians and Pilgrims the sharing of food because of near starvation, etc, with plays and reenactments and whatnot.

The Canadian Thanksgiving is simply a thanks for a good Harvest because farming itself had been for centuries a huge part of what Canada was all about (the bread basket of the world). That is also why the Canadian Thanksgiving is so much earlier than the American one... our harvest is earlier than the American's because we are in the North.

The first Canadian Thanksgiving dates back to the English explorer, Martin Frobisher in 1578 in what is now Newfoundland. And the French settlers did the same thing with forming a "Order of Good Cheer" where they shared food the with Indians (instead of vice versa).

The reason why the Canadians and Americans holiday is so similar is because during the American Revolution, Loyalist escaped to the Dominion of Canada, and brought the traditions of Turkeys and pumpkin pies, and the cornucopia (a very old symbol that was appropriately adopted for this event)

Originally it was on Nov 6 (I believe that was around 1880) and combined eventually with Armistice Day after WWI, but in the 30's November 11 became Remembrance Day, replacing Armistice Day. According to my grandmother, during that time Thanksgiving was most popularly thrown on the 3rd Monday of October, however in the 1950's it was officially proclaimed on the 2nd Monday of October would be Thanksgiving.

*Blush* I don't know very many things in this world, however, for some reason, I think I may be 1 of 3 kids in all of the country who actually managed to stay awake for at least half of Canadian history class.
I enjoy history and English subjects. Don't ask me to multiply, because I can't.

My Thanksgiving was super simple and pretty dull. 3 people. Food was good though heart