Holiday

Yeah, today is Thanksgiving over here. (Basically, it's just a day to
eat foul and rest up for a big day of Xmas shopping tomorrow.)
But it's kind of a cool holiday. I can't think of another that isn't
religious, pagan, or patriotic. Are there any others?

 

Labour Day

 

Over here, the August bank holiday.

 

I suppose New Year's Day doesn't have anything other than temporal
significance for most

 

urm, ok, I really didn't spend more than 15 seconds _trying_ to think
of any.

 

Agreed. My wife spent her first marriage bringing up three daughters
in New England, and we still do a Thanksgiving dinner for the two, and
their families, that now live over here near us. Xmas without the
furore, and an alternative when in-laws can't agree with whom to spend
Xmas itself. Altogether a good thing.

 

Well, my old Gran traced her family tree years ago, the name Standish came
into it, so i am related to Miles Standish.....................

 

Of the O'Toole branch?

 

Cooking's that bad, huh?

 

If you saw the remains on the table afterwards, you'd know it wasn't a
typo.

 

That's a bit of stinky bait.

Royal fucking weddings?

 

Apart from the fact that it involves family

 

<g> Thankfully mine are all great.

 

Oooh - you crawler! I'll pass it on, though.

 

Are you saying that thanksgiving isn't patriotic?


Funny though, on Wed night I was watching an episode of West Wing from
season 2, which dealt with the run up to thanksgiving and then Bartlet had
to pardon a turkey. I thought it was all a joke on CJ, but they did it.

Next day: "Obama pardons turkey". Made me laugh.

 

In message

Canadian Thanksgiving (you know the real one in October).

 

haha - no, she really did the whole family tree thing from years back, mind
you she was mad a xrate towards the end, so you might be right..

--


Nige,

'Candygram for Mongo'

R1

 

No, it isn't. It's a family thing. Families get together and eat
turkey. There is almost nothing else involved. Yeah, it started
because some pilgrims survived a year in the wilderness, but there is
no "we're a great country" like you see on the 4th of July. Macy's, a
big shop in New York, throws a giant parade, and there are more sports
on TV, but that's it.

Art mimics reality. There are stories that Truman was the 1st
President to pardon a turkey, but certainly it's been done every year
since 1989. Somebody in the White House had a sense of humor.

 

Think thyself lucky.

 

If she had, Nige should be crying over the fact that she moved. It's a
stonking place if you like riding bikes. Brilliant B roads with great tarmac
and not overly leathered in speed cams. At least it was great a couple of
years ago, but I've not been over there since 2008.