Thanksgiving has exactly NOTHING to do with autumn harvest, it is a purely religious celebration thanking God for any number of things. The very first declared Thanksgiving was not even by the Pilgrims but by the settlers of the Virginia colony. It was to be on the 4th of December. Pilgrims had theirs at autumn harvest, but that was not the sole time. It was George Washington who set the date for the official US Thanksgiving feast for Thursday the 26th of November 1789 to thank God for helping us kick the British out and form our own government. It has occurred on the 4th Thursday of November every year since.
Here in the states we eat a big dinner for Thanksgiving in the early afternoon. Not entirely sure why it’s so big or why it’s in the afternoon (we’re often too busy cooking to eat lunch), but my family gets with my Aunt and her husband’s family.
I don’t know about other families here, but my family has a big dinner on Christmas Eve at my mom-mom’s house, then a not quite as big breakfast on Christmas at home with my gran.
I’ll admit that I cooked at 17lb turkey with all the fixings for what ended up being 5 people, one of which was a vegetarian. I had a lot of cancellations and just plain bought too much. But we ate all 4 pies froze the other leftovers.
Wow! LOL This actually fits to Christmas Dinner on my culture, since we don’t have thanksgiving. But yeah, when it comes to Christmas, this sounds about right.
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I win
But you’re part of the green circle >:)
Good one. Correct and funny and stuff.
Yup. I loled. But don’t you just love thanksgiving dinner leftovers? Mmmmmm… turkey sandwiches.
Silly Americans. Thanksgiving is in October.
Exactly! At the end of the autumn harvest.
Thanksgiving has exactly NOTHING to do with autumn harvest, it is a purely religious celebration thanking God for any number of things. The very first declared Thanksgiving was not even by the Pilgrims but by the settlers of the Virginia colony. It was to be on the 4th of December. Pilgrims had theirs at autumn harvest, but that was not the sole time. It was George Washington who set the date for the official US Thanksgiving feast for Thursday the 26th of November 1789 to thank God for helping us kick the British out and form our own government. It has occurred on the 4th Thursday of November every year since.
*coughsarcasmcough*
silly Americans, they believe thanksgiving is an american holiday
That is so true, only in Australia it’s Christmas dinner that is like this, we don’t do thanksgiving.
haha, no thanksgiving in the netherlands either, but this sorta looks like christmas for sure
Here in the states we eat a big dinner for Thanksgiving in the early afternoon. Not entirely sure why it’s so big or why it’s in the afternoon (we’re often too busy cooking to eat lunch), but my family gets with my Aunt and her husband’s family.
I don’t know about other families here, but my family has a big dinner on Christmas Eve at my mom-mom’s house, then a not quite as big breakfast on Christmas at home with my gran.
that is fact that breaks the rescesion
Capitalists pigs
Communist anorexics
wait…you ate your stomach?
Well, of course! Everyone got to eat his delicious stomach.
I’ll admit that I cooked at 17lb turkey with all the fixings for what ended up being 5 people, one of which was a vegetarian. I had a lot of cancellations and just plain bought too much. But we ate all 4 pies froze the other leftovers.
Turkey soup is your friend (as is turkey chili!).
I think the green and purple labels should be swapped…. I dunno about you guys, but I always eat wayyyy more than I mean to!
Wow! LOL This actually fits to Christmas Dinner on my culture, since we don’t have thanksgiving. But yeah, when it comes to Christmas, this sounds about right.
3rd world problems
Lol, tru.