Thanksgiving

[Tony uk]

I would like to wish everyone, a very good day for Thanksgiving.

[Dario_M]

Unfortunately we don't have thanksgiving here in the Netherlands. Hey @Tony uk i have a question. Does the UK also celebrate thanksgiving?...Like in the United States? 

However....i wish everyone a happy thanksgiving anyway. 

Edited November 28 by Dario_M

[Tony uk]

No, not in the UK. I've heard that it is a special day in the U.S.

[Dario_M]

1 minute ago, Tony uk said:

No, not in the UK. I've heard that it is a special day in the U.S.

I thought that thanksgiving was also a thing in the UK though. 

[Tony uk]

Not in the same way as America. Was aware that today was Thanksgiving Day there, so just wanted to pass on my best wishes. Hope that I got the day correct.

[Calm]

45 minutes ago, Dario_M said:

Unfortunately we don't have thanksgiving here in the Netherlands. Hey @Tony uk i have a question. Does the UK also celebrate thanksgiving?...Like in the United States? 

However....i wish everyone a happy thanksgiving anyway. 

Canada celebrates their version of Thanksgiving on the second Monday in October.  It was not that big of a deal that I remember though a statutory holiday.  It was fun having two Thanksgivings each year.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thanksgiving_(Canada)

Thanksgiving is really massive now in the US imo because it is directly connected to Christmas and starts off the major sales…though this is now at least a week earlier (Black Friday has expanded).  When I was younger, the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day parade kicked off “the holidays” with Santa’s arrival.  There is also a major patriotic slant to it as it celebrates the first pilgrims etc, so in school it was all about the beginnings of our country (at least my elementary schools in the 60s).  Then there were the televised football games for those on the couch recovering from turkey overload.

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While the Pilgrim's story did not itself create the modern Thanksgiving holiday, it did become inextricably linked with it in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. This was largely due to the introduction in U.S. schools of "an annual sequence of classroom holiday activities through which civic education and American patriotism were indoctrinated."[32]

The late 19th and early 20th century were a time of massive immigration to the U.S. The changing demographics prompted not only xenophobic responses in the form of restrictive immigration measures, but also a greater push towards the Americanization of newcomers and the conscious formulation of a shared cultural heritage. Holiday observances in classrooms, including those for Washington's birthday, Memorial Day, and Flag Day "introduced youngsters to the central themes of American History and, in theory, strengthened their character and prepared them to become loyal citizens." Thanksgiving, with its non-denominational character, colonial harvest themes and images of Pilgrims and Indians breaking bread together peacefully, allowed the country to tell a story of its origins- people leaving far off lands, struggling under harsh conditions and ultimately being welcomed to America's bounty- that children, particularly immigrant children, could easily understand and share with their families.[34]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thanksgiving_(United_States)#:~:text=Concerned by increasing factionalism in,rural simplicity over urban sophistication.

Edited November 28 by Calm

[Tony uk]

Thanks for that Calm. Bit more of an insight for me. 

[Tony uk]

8 minutes ago, Calm said:

Canada celebrates their version of Thanksgiving on the second Monday in October.  It was not that big of a deal that I remember though a statutory holiday.  It was fun having two Thanksgivings each year.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thanksgiving_(Canada)

Thanksgiving is really massive now in the US imo because it is directly connected to Christmas and starts off the major sales…though this is now at least a week earlier (Black Friday has expanded).  When I was younger, the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day parade kicked off “the holidays” with Santa’s arrival.  There is also a major patriotic slant to it as it celebrates the first pilgrims etc, so in school it was all about the beginnings of our country (at least my elementary schools in the 60s).  Then there were the televised football games for those on the couch recovering from turkey overload.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thanksgiving_(United_States)#:~:text=Concerned by increasing factionalism in,rural simplicity over urban sophistication.

Unfortunately, in the UK, we don't have holidays like this. Maybe a good night idea if the UK could have something similar. 

[Dario_M]

10 hours ago, Calm said:

Canada celebrates their version of Thanksgiving on the second Monday in October.  It was not that big of a deal that I remember though a statutory holiday.  It was fun having two Thanksgivings each year.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thanksgiving_(Canada)

Oh okay. So...yesterday it was thanksgiving. How did it go? 

10 hours ago, Calm said:

Thanksgiving is really massive now in the US imo because it is directly connected to Christmas and starts off the major sales…though this is now at least a week earlier (Black Friday has expanded).  When I was younger, the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day parade kicked off “the holidays” with Santa’s arrival.  There is also a major patriotic slant to it as it celebrates the first pilgrims etc, so in school it was all about the beginnings of our country (at least my elementary schools in the 60s).  Then there were the televised football games for those on the couch recovering from turkey overload.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thanksgiving_(United_States)#:~:text=Concerned by increasing factionalism in,rural simplicity over urban sophistication.

That must be really fun. Apart from eating turkey then. I'm a vegetarian i don't eat turkey. But for the rest i find that thanksgiving sounds really fun.